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Definition of Decrowned
1. decrown [v] - See also: decrown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decrowned
Literary usage of Decrowned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"do I wish Ireland to stand up, but as a decrowned Queen, who claims back her own
with an armed hand! ..."
2. Principles and practice of obstetrics by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1918)
"... the placenta being "decrowned," most authorities recom- nd non-interference
in the absence of hemorrhage. A missing piece of placenta, less it is larger ..."
3. The Negro and the Intelligence and Property Franchise by William Alexander MacCorkle (1900)
"Goaded with the bayonet, hedged about with the soldier, hounded by the alien,
despoiled by the robber, her statehood decrowned and deflowered, ..."
4. Little Cities of Italy by André Maurel (1913)
"As to the towers flanking it, I recognise them also, the one in advance, the
others behind; but all of them are decrowned of their battlements, ..."
5. Life in the Wilds of America: And Wonders of the West in and Beyond the by I. Winslow Ayer (1880)
"Though there are some larger, and many handsomer birds, there are none for whom
we should ever expect to see the Eagle by either Science or Poetry decrowned ..."
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