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Definition of Crowned head
1. Noun. A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right.
Specialized synonyms: Capetian, Carlovingian, Carolingian, Czar, Tsar, Tzar, Emperor, King, Male Monarch, Rex, Merovingian, Shah, Shah Of Iran
Generic synonyms: Chief Of State, Head Of State, Ruler, Swayer
Derivative terms: Monarchal, Monarchal, Monarchic, Monarchical, Monarchical
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crowned Head
Literary usage of Crowned head
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1751 to by Gilbert Elliot Minto (1874)
"Nobody thinks of anything else ; and I believe it was the only possible means of
interesting me for a crowned head. ..."
2. Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland in the British Museum by Herbert Appold Grueber (1899)
"(1) crowned head to 1., with sceptre ; (2) crowned head to r., with sceptre ; (3)
bare head to r., with sceptre. 13. Penny. Edinburgh. 1st issue. ..."
3. Songs of Redeeming Love, No. 2 by John R. Sweney (1887)
"In death he bowed his thorn-crowned head, Go, tell it to ev'ry sinner ; But 3.
His hand can break sin's slavish chains, Go, tell it to ev'ry sin ..."
4. The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or Miscellaneous Collections in History by Jeremiah Whitaker Newman (1838)
"... he exclaimed, " O happy Queen of England, how much art thou to be envied, who
hast been found worthy of seeing a crowned head prostrate at thy feet! ..."
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