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the lesser crown for nobles who almost made it to king but didn't
means A small or lesser crown worn by nobles below the rank of sovereign, marking their rank without claiming royal supremacy.
from From Old French 'coronete,' a diminutive of 'corone' (crown), which traces back to Latin 'corona' — a wreath, garland, or crown. The same Latin 'corona' gives us everything from the sun's corona to the coronary arteries that wreath the heart. So a coronet is, quite literally, a 'little crown' — the suffix shrinking the glory down to size.
- rank coded
- Number of pearls and points signals exact noble rank
- shared name
- Also the spinning circle of light around an erupting volcano
- horse anatomy
- The coronet is also a band above a horse's hoof
- trumpet cousin
- The cornet brass instrument is a near-homophone, no nobility
for instance
dodge coronet — american muscle car produced by dodge from 1965-1974, including the famous 1969 r/t performance model