circlet n a small circle n decorated metal band worn around the head Usage(s) You see this mesh here? he said, pointing to a circlet of wiry material taped over the top of his little jam jar of horrors. Almost ostentatiously, he wore no ribbons, insignia or braid other than the tiny circlet of five stars on his right collar tabs. A drop of milk, for example, was a perfect circlet of pointy white jets, each capped with a tiny droplet, a crown fit for a king.