the crown

noun

1

or the Crown : the government of a country that is officially ruled by a king or queen

the blessing of the Spanish crown

allegiance to the crown

She was appointed by the Crown.

2

: the position of power that a king or queen has

When the king died childless, his brother assumed the crown.

Examples of the crown in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Leonor and Sofia were too young to attend the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa, but Spain was represented by Felipe, then the crown prince, and Letizia. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

With ruthless competitors who will stop at nothing to dethrone and destroy them, the Whitlocks are a blue-collar dynasty at the edge of extinction – and the old king is fighting to hold onto the crown. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 July 2026

In 1963 Donna Axum of El Dorado won the crown and went on to Atlantic City to be crowned Miss America in 1964. — Arkansas Online, 14 July 2026

Authorities discovered the crown, which consisted of 1,354 diamonds, 1,136 rose-cut diamonds and 56 emeralds, broken near the museum shortly following the heist. — News Desk, Artforum, 14 July 2026

Rhymes for the crown

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown