Definition of "tiara" []

• An ornamental, often jeweled, crownlike semicircle worn on the head by women on formal occasions. (noun)
• The triple crown worn by the pope. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "_mitra_, and [Greek: tiara], Lat. _tiara_, to designate two different kinds of covering for the head in use amongst the Oriental races, each one of a distinct and peculiar form, though as being foreigners, and consequently not possessing the technical accuracy of a native, they not unfrequently confound the two words, and apply them indiscriminately to both objects."
• "Mancuso, who once was given a tiara from a coach as a joke and has since worn them at her Olympic medal ceremonies, says the "most interesting" part of her past month was a "Larry King Live" appearance."
• "My sense of humor, which I'm going to need to pull off an outfit made from a funky new green crushed velour shirt with a pink cowboy hat with a built-in tiara, now also sporting a feathery Mardi Gras mask and orange feathered boa."