CROWNED HEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crowned head mean? 

• CROWNED HEAD (noun)
  The noun CROWNED HEAD has 1 sense:

1. a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

  Familiarity information: CROWNED HEAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROWNED HEAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

crowned head; monarch; sovereign

Hypernyms ("crowned head" is a kind of...):

chief of state; head of state (the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government)

ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crowned head"):

Capetian (a member of the Capetian dynasty)

Carlovingian; Carolingian (a member of the Carolingian dynasty)

czar; tsar; tzar (a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917))

emperor (the male ruler of an empire)

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

Merovingian (a member of the Merovingian dynasty)

Shah; Shah of Iran (title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran)