n. 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. [Middle English coronette, from Old French, diminutive of corone, crown, from Latin corōna; see CROWN.] |
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