crown

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A round decoration worn on the head by a king or queen, often made of gold and jewels.

   The queen wore a golden crown at the ceremony.

2. 2
   noun

   The king or queen as the head of a country.

   The colonies rebelled against the Crown.

3. 3
   verb

   To officially make someone king or queen by placing a crown on their head.

   She was crowned queen at the age of twenty-five.

4. 4
   noun

   An artificial cover that a dentist puts on a damaged tooth.

   My dentist fitted a crown on my broken tooth.

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Simplified etymology

Crown comes through Latin corona, “wreath,” from Greek korōnē, “something bent.” The original conception was probably a bent laurel branch or floral wreath placed around the head to honor a victor or official, rather than the later jeweled headdress.

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.

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