crowned head
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7.8
- noun
- /kraʊnd hɛd/
- Literature
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cabeza coronada
- Many celebrities and crowned heads gathered at the royal gala in London last night.
- crowned heads of Europe
Examples
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I have performed in front of crowned heads of Europe!
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Why can't we go with you and see all the crowned heads of Europe?
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Why, I've sung before crowned heads.
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Today's the last chance to see the show... ...that thrilled the crowned heads of Europe!
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Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure personally to introduce that little lady who has played before all the crowned heads of Europe, the greatest shooting star the world has ever known, Annie Oakley.
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The crowned heads of Europe attended the grand celebration to honor their shared heritage.
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The history books detail meetings between crowned heads that shaped the future of their nations.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who has power over a country or its people
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5.1
A king or queen who rules a country and usually gets the job by birth
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7.2
A king or queen who rules a country and gets the position from their family
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a monarch' is directly and literally built from 'crowned' (wearing a crown/title) + 'head' (leader/person in charge), so a learner who knows both words can infer the referent. This compositional pattern (a leader who is crowned) is cross-linguistically common and follows regular adjective + noun semantics, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Crowned head comes from the simple image of a ruler with a crowned head, meaning a head wearing a crown. So today crowned head means 'a king or queen', a ruler who is born into the job.