What does "uncrown" mean?

To deprive of the monarchy or other authority or status.

What is a synonym for "uncrown"?

Common synonyms include: break, bust, cashier, deconsecrate, defrock, depose.

verb

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Verb

1
To deprive of the monarchy or other authority or status.
"Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong, And therefore I’ll uncrown him ere’t be long."
2
To remove a crown from (often figuratively).
"When rigid Cold in Ice hath all things bound, And Forrests of their Summers pride uncrown’d."

"Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong, And therefore I’ll uncrown him ere’t be long."

From Middle English uncoroun, uncroun, uncrowne; equivalent to un- + crown.