crowns

Noun

crown (plural crowns)

1. 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.1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, page 250

   Synonyms:

   coronet, diadem

2. A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.

   Synonyms:

   garland, wreath

3. (broadly) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
   • the martyr’s crown

   Synonyms:

   award, garland, honor, prize, wreath

4. Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.

   Synonyms:

   monarchy, royalty

5. (metonymically) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
   • 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
6. (broadly, especially) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
   • Treasure recovered from shipwrecks automatically becomes property of the Crown.

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