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coronet

Syllabification: (cor·o·net)
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Definition of coronet

noun

  • 1a small or relatively simple crown, especially as worn by lesser royalty and peers or peeresses.
  • a circular decoration for the head, especially one made of flowers.
  • 2the band of tissue on the lowest part of a horse’s pastern, containing the horn-producing cells from which the hoof grows.
  • another term for burr (sense 5 of the noun).

Derivatives

coroneted

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French coronete 'small crown or garland', diminutive of corone (see crown)

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