## Meanings
1. A round decoration worn on the head by a king or queen, often made of gold and jewels.
2. The king or queen as the head of a country.
3. To officially make someone king or queen by placing a crown on their head.
4. An artificial cover that a dentist puts on a damaged tooth.

## Examples
- The queen wore a golden crown at the ceremony.
- The colonies rebelled against the Crown.
- She was crowned queen at the age of twenty-five.
- My dentist fitted a crown on my broken tooth.

## Derived Forms
- becrown
- blossomcrown
- copple-crown
- crown-like
- crown-of-the-field
- crownable
- crowned
- crowner
- crowngrass
- crownless
- crownlet
- crownlike

## Related Forms
- coronation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)ker- (turn)
- Root: coroune
- Root: corone
- Root: corōna
- Root: κορώνη

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
crown comes 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”). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (turn), Middle English coroune, xno corone, Latin corōna, Ancient Greek κορώνη. Current senses include A round decoration worn on the head by a king or queen, often made of gold and jewels and The king or queen as the head of a country. English relatives and later formations include becrown, blossomcrown, copple-crown, coronation.

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- Clothing & Appearance

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