crown

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

   tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown

2. 2
   verb

   to be the culminating event

   The speech crowned the meeting

3. 3
   verb

   to put an enamel cover on

   The dentist crowned my tooth.

4. 4
   verb

   to form the topmost part of

   A weather vane crowns the building.

5. 5
   noun

   the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy

   the colonies revolted against the Crown

6. 6
   noun

   A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   Any reward of victory or mark of honor.

   the martyr’s crown

8. 8
   noun

   The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.

   A parliament may be diſſolved by the demiſe of the crown.

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.