n. Anciently, a head-band or fillet worn by kings as a badge of royalty.n. Anything worn on the head as a mark or badge of royalty; a crown.n. Figuratively, supreme power; sovereignty.n. In heraldry, one of the arches which rise from the rim or circle of a crown, and support the mound or globe at the top.n. In zoology, a certain monkey, Cercopithecus diadematus.To adorn with or as if with a diadem; crown.n. In embryology, a term applied to certain eggs in the blastula stage.