Crown Meaning
/kɹaʊ̯n/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
nounA wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
Sentence Examples
No cross, no crown.
The girl in the picture is wearing a crown not of gold but of flowers.
The crown was placed upon the new monarch's head.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The king placed the golden ____ upon his head during the ceremony.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
No cross, no ____.
Word Origin & History
Inherited from Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. Displaced native Old English corenbēag (“crown”); and Middle English kinehelm, kynehelm, from Old English cynehelm (“crown”). * (paper size): So called because originally watermarked with a crown.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Before so many of Europe's crowns came tumbling off the heads of their royal owners, Continental Europe could show a rich variety in the matter of royal trains."
— 1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, page 250:
"A parliament may be diſſolved by the demiſe of the crown."
— 1765, William Blackstone, “Of the Parliament”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, book I (Of the Rights of Persons), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 181:
"Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown; and only forty thousand pounds remained in the Exchequer."
— 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter X, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 597:
"[...]if he awake, / From toe to crowne hee'l fill our skin with pinches, / Make vs ſtrange ſtuffe."
— 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 16, column 1:
"In more than twenty things, which I ſet down; / This done, I twenty more had in my Crown, / And they again began to multiply, / Like ſparks that from the coals of fire do fly."
— 1678, John Bunyan, “The Author’s Apology for His Book”, in The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The king placed the golden ____ upon his head during the ceremony.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
No cross, no ____.