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Word entry · 5 letters

crown

Best crossword clue

"Monarch's headpiece"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kɹaʊ̯n/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cnorwStarts with CEnds with N3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. be the culminating event

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • the martyr’s crown
  • A parliament may be diſſolved by the demiſe of the crown.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Monarch's headpiece5 letters
02Royal headwear5 letters
03Royal headpiece5 letters

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