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unˈcrowned, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. MDu. ongecroont, Du. ongekroond, G. ungekrönt.]
†1. Untonsured. Obs.—1
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. vi. 62 Hit by-comeþ for clerkus crist for to seruen, And knaues vncrouned to cart and to worche.
2. a. Not invested with a crown.
1634Bp. Hall Contempl. N.T., Faithful Canaanite, Never did such grace goe away uncrowned. 1810Crabbe Borough xi. 58 Unlike the nobler beast, the Bear is bound, And with the Crown so near him, scowls uncrown'd. 1889R. Bridges Sonn. lxvii, And Autumn with a sad smile fled uncrown'd From fruitless orchards and unripen'd grain.
b. uncrowned king (uncrowned queen), a man (woman) exerting autocratic influence over a specified sphere; a dominant man (woman). Const. of.
1917J. W. Gerard My Four Years in Germany ii. 22 Heydebrand, is known as the ‘Uncrowned King of Prussia’. a1940in Harper's Bazaar (1969) Oct. 36/3 Lady Dashwood, uncrowned Queen of Diabolo. 1978‘S. Woods’ Exit Murderer 154 The uncrowned King of the diamond smugglers. 1981I. Boland tr. Ginzburg's Within Whirlwind ii. iv. 226 Old General Nikishov..had this handsome lady living with him{ddd}the uncrowned Queen of Kolyma.
3. Not consummated or perfected.
1742Blair Grave 731 The glad Soul Has not a Wish uncrown'd. |