the crown

noun

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.

: 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 Over in Dragonstone, Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) wants the crown back, and her ruthless uncle (who's also her husband) Daemon (Matt Smith) will do anything to get it for her or, more likely, for himself. —

Samantha Miller, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024 Delta Air Lines took the crown as the most on-time U.S. carrier, according to data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company. —

Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024 Less than a year into wearing the crown, King Charles was hospitalized in January for an enlarged prostate and shortly after announced he’d been diagnosed with an unrelated form of cancer. —

Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 June 2024 Even Saudi Aramco, the crown jewel of the Saudi economy and the producer of nearly all its oil, sees a shifting energy landscape. —

Stanley Reed, New York Times, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for the crown

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