coroner

From Middle English coroner, from Old French curuner, from Medieval Latin custōs placitōrum corōnae (“guardian of the crown's pleas”). The function was originally to protect royal properties.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.ɹə.nə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.ə.nɚ/
• (New York City) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.ə.nɚ/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹaʊnə(ɹ)/ (see crowner)

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹənə(ɹ)

coroner (plural coroners)

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan, law) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.
2. (Canada, US, medicine) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.
3. (Isle of Man) The administrative head of a sheading.

• (medical doctor): autopsist, autopsier (rare)

• (who presides over an inquest): medical examiner, ME (if he or she performs autopsies)

• coronial

• coroner on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• crooner

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coroner m (plural coroners)

1. coroner (in English-speaking countries)

• “coroner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

corōner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of corōnō

• corowner, crouner, crowner, coronour, coronier, corounere

From Old French curuner; equivalent to coroune +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈruːneːr/, /ˈkruːneːr/, /kuruˈneːr/, /ˈkurunər/

coroner (plural coroners)

1. A (medieval) coroner (a royal officer who helps administer law and the courts)

• English: coroner (obsolete crowner)
• Scots: crownar (obsolete)

• “corǒunẹ̄̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 March 2019.

• courouner
• corouner

From Latin corōnāre (“to crown”).

coroner

1. to crown (make into a monarch)

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• French: couronner

Borrowed from English coroner.

coroner m (plural coroneri)

1. coroner (public official)