Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A public officer whose primary function is to investigate by inquest any death thought to be of other than natural causes.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A county or municipal officer formerly charged with the interests of the private property of the crown, but whose main function in modern times is to hold inquest on the bodies of those who may be supposed to have died violent deaths. His functions are now generally regulated by statute. He is often the substitute of the sheriff in cases where the latter is disqualifled to act. See inquest, inquisition.
Wiktionary
- n. A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths.
- n. Canada A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.
- n. The administrative head of a sheading.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes
Etymologies
- Latin corona ("crown") + -er. This is because coroners originally worked for the crown. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, officer of the crown, from Anglo-Norman corouner, from coroune, crown, from Latin corōna; see crown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The term coroner is derived from the Anglo-Norman word, corouner.”
“As a dark-skinned zombie who has had the benefit of spending time in coroner autopsy rooms looking at a wide range of actual dead bodies, I have a sense of what brown dead bodies look like.”
“And one of them — the guy who played the munchkin coroner — even sublimely dozes off during the chatty, chirpy interview, which you can watch here:”
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“For example, he claimed to have played the Munchkin coroner (actually Meinhardt Raabe) or recorded that character's voice (all the Munchkin voices were ordinary actors sped up).”
“When they get to popping off, someone call the coroner.”
“Paul feels like the story isn't adding up, especially after the town coroner is murdered, and the more he digs, the less sense it makes.”
“Any well trained Molc knows how to use their 6″ gold Monte Blanc ball point on a MOP in such a manner that coroner is tested on his deductive powers for the cause of departure. on December 12, 2008 at 11: 22 pm | Reply Rogerborg”
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“KING: As a family member, couldn't you call the coroner and the others and say what's going on?”
“Later, he called the coroner again, who seemed irritated now.”
“And in the morning I called the coroner's office and said, Hello?”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘coroner’.
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
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No Dearth of Deadly Designations
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words found to be generally pleasing
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Words as I learn them.
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C is for Caddyshack
My C Words
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Bands that are words...
Those I like and those that are NOT phrases e.g. Air would count but Arcade Fire would not, even if I like both. Also specific groups of words are included such as Iron Maiden (a specific thing) vs...
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I am the law!: Crime
accomplice, actus reus, assault, burglary, bigamy, felony, capacity, conspiracy, coroner, custodial, embezzlement, evidence and 28 more...
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The Ghost Writer (2010)
Words from a 2010 'The Ghost Writer' film.
pulp, tether, blip, ramblings, coherent, monastic, leaflet, scrub, gauntlet, accomplice, sod, incite and 18 more...
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working for a living
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