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CROWNED HEAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
Synonyms:
crowned head; monarch; sovereign
Classified under:
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)
