uncrown

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English uncoroun, uncroun, uncrowne; equivalent to un- +‎ crown. === Verb === uncrown (third-person singular simple present uncrowns, present participle uncrowning, simple past and past participle uncrowned) To deprive of the monarchy or other authority or status. Synonyms: decrown, depose, dethrone, discrown, disenthrone, unking, unthrone 1860, Walt Whitman, “Chants Democratic, 2” Stanza 19, in Leaves of Grass, Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, p. 136,[2] I see the clear sunsets of the martyrs, I see from the scaffolds the descending ghosts, Ghosts of dead lords, uncrowned ladies, impeached ministers, rejected kings, Rivals, traitors, poisoners, disgraced chieftains, and the rest. To remove a crown from (often figuratively). === See also === uncrowned