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triple crown

triple crown noun: the three-tiered tiara formerly worn by Popes.

Noun (1)

triple crown (plural triple crowns)

  1. The three-tiered tiara formerly worn by Popes.
    • 1997: The last in this series of deaths was that of Pope Eugenius’s successor Anastasius IV, who was succeeded by a man of a very different calibre: Adrian (or Hadrian) IV, the only Englishman ever to wear the Triple Crown. — John Julius Norwich, A Short History of Byzantium (Penguin 1998, p. 281)
  2. An award representing victory in three events, especially in horse-racing.

Noun (2) capitalized: Triple Crown

Triple Crown (plural Triple Crowns)

  1. The feat of leading one's league in three key statistical categories—batting average, home runs, and RBI for hitters; wins, strikeouts, and ERA for pitchers
  2. The three grandest or oldest open championships of the year
    1. The U.S. Open, British Open, Canadian Open
  3. (US) The three greatest thoroughbred races of the year restricted to three-year-olds: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes
  4. (UK) The three greatest thoroughbred races of the year restricted to three-year-olds: the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, Derby Stakes (aka "Epsom Derby"), and St. Leger Stakes
  5. (Canada) The three greatest thoroughbred races of the year restricted to three-year-olds: the Queen's Plate, Prince of Wales Stakes, and Breeders' Stakes
  6. Victory by one of the Home Nations — England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales — over the other three in the annual Six Nations Championship.
  7. Victory by a driver at the three grandest car races in the world, the Indianapolis 500, 24-Hours of Le Mans, Monaco Grand Prix; usually defined as a career achievement and not a season or calendar year achievement

Forms of triple crown

pluraltriple crowns
pluralTriple Crowns

Questions about triple crown

What does triple crown mean?
Triple crown means the three-tiered tiara formerly worn by Popes.
What part of speech is triple crown?
Triple crown is a noun.
What is the plural of triple crown?
The plural of triple crown is triple crowns.

Words near triple crown in the dictionary

  1. triple combination
  2. triple combination engine
  3. triple combination engines
  4. triple contrabass viol
  5. triple contrabass viols
  6. triple crown
  7. triple crowns
  8. triple dog dare
  9. triple double
  10. triple doubles
  11. triple down

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