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   coronet

   /ˈkɒrənɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a small or relatively simple crown, especially as worn by lesser royalty and peers or peeresses.
   • ▪ a circular decoration for the head, especially one made of flowers.
   • 2. a ring of bone at the base of a deer's antler.
   • 3. the band of tissue on the lowest part of a horse's pastern, containing the horn-producing cells from which the hoof grows.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French coronete ‘small crown or garland’, diminutive of corone (see crown).

   Derivatives

   • 1. coroneted adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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