| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| coronet |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cor·o·net |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kôr  -n t , k r- |
| NOUN: | 1. A small crown worn by princes and princesses and by other nobles below the rank of sovereign. 2. A chaplet or headband decorated with gold or jewels. 3. The upper margin of a horse's hoof. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English coronette, from Old French, diminutive of corone, crown, from Latin cor na. See crown.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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