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

Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s All Of A Sudden takes the crown at 3 hours 16 minutes. —Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 May 2026

The great arc of stars in the constellation Corona Borealis represents the crown of Ariadne in Greek mythology, who, in some tellings, marries the god Dionysus following the defeat of the bull-like minotaur in the labyrinth below the Aegean island of Crete by the demigod Theseus. —Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 May 2026

Anchusa can be sheared back to the crown since its foliage declines rapidly after flowering. —Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 9 May 2026

As a loyalist, someone who wanted to remain loyal to the crown and the British empire, Aspden believed the war would be brief. —Kimberly Nath, The Conversation, 7 May 2026

Rhymes for the crown

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