crown
/kɹaʊ̯n/ noun A2- A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- Any reward of victory or mark of honor. · the martyr’s crown
- Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
- The state, the government (headed by a monarch). · Treasure recovered from shipwrecks automatically becomes property of the Crown.
- The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
- The topmost part of the head.
Plural crowns
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The dowry of his wife amounted to fifty thousand crowns, and he had, besides, the prospect of seeing her fortune increased to half a million at her father’s death.
“I do not offer you a million, because I have it not; but I will give you a hundred crowns if, the first time you go to Marseilles, you will seek out a young girl named Mercédès, at the Catalans, and give her two lines from me.”
She was dressed in green silk gauze and wore upon her flowing green locks a crown of jewels.
There were milkmaids and shepherdesses, with brightly colored bodices and golden spots all over their gowns; and princesses with most gorgeous frocks of silver and gold and purple; and shepherds dressed in knee breeches with pink and yellow and blue stripes down them, and golden buckles on their shoes; and princes with jeweled crowns upon their heads, wearing ermine robes and satin doublets; and funny clowns in ruffled gowns, with round red spots upon their cheeks and tall, pointed caps.
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