: a little circle
especially
: a circular wreath or band that is usually worn on the head
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According to The Court Jeweller, the tall, platinum and gold circlet piece was created for Queen Mary in 1911, to be worn at a ceremony celebrating her and King George V's coronation as the new emperor and empress of India.
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 4 July 2025
The origins of the symbolism of early headdresses, diadems, or circlets to denote authority have been lost, but the use of a crown in coronation was probably linked in origin to the coronation of popes.
—Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
Instead the flowers in an insignia, the metal used to make a circlet, the weave of a piece of braided leather armor; any decorative detail is not mere ornamentation.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
But today most astronomers agree that these young-looking circlets are likely to be scarcely more than 100 million years old, the remnants of a multimoon destruction derby perhaps.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
As for tiaras: Brace yourselves, ye lovers of grandeur and glitter, for there are distressing reports that, as part of scaling down and cutting back on the glitter factor, Catherine, the Princess of Wales and the next queen, will wear not a tiara but a circlet of flowers.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
Instead, you’ll be relegated to (gasp) manually pausing audio from the three-button control center on the right ear cup’s exterior circlet.
—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 28 Apr. 2023
For a more modern look, Camilla might also choose to remove the arches of the Garrard piece by wearing it as a circlet, just like Queen Mary did for the coronation of King George VI in 1937.
—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
Queen Mary wears the crown as a circlet at the 1937 coronation of her son, King George VI.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Apr. 2023
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 4 July 2025
The origins of the symbolism of early headdresses, diadems, or circlets to denote authority have been lost, but the use of a crown in coronation was probably linked in origin to the coronation of popes.
—Madison Dapcevich, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
Instead the flowers in an insignia, the metal used to make a circlet, the weave of a piece of braided leather armor; any decorative detail is not mere ornamentation.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
But today most astronomers agree that these young-looking circlets are likely to be scarcely more than 100 million years old, the remnants of a multimoon destruction derby perhaps.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
As for tiaras: Brace yourselves, ye lovers of grandeur and glitter, for there are distressing reports that, as part of scaling down and cutting back on the glitter factor, Catherine, the Princess of Wales and the next queen, will wear not a tiara but a circlet of flowers.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
Instead, you’ll be relegated to (gasp) manually pausing audio from the three-button control center on the right ear cup’s exterior circlet.
—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 28 Apr. 2023
For a more modern look, Camilla might also choose to remove the arches of the Garrard piece by wearing it as a circlet, just like Queen Mary did for the coronation of King George VI in 1937.
—Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
Queen Mary wears the crown as a circlet at the 1937 coronation of her son, King George VI.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Apr. 2023
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“Circlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circlet. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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circlet
noun
cir·clet
ˈsər-klət 
: an ornament in the form of a circle
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