coroner
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ə noun
an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.
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coroner (ˈkɒrənə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| See also procurator fiscal Compare medical examiner a public official responsible for the investigation of violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths and inquiries into treasure trove. The investigation (coroner's inquest) is held in the presence of a jury (coroner's jury) | |
| [C14: from Anglo-French corouner officer in charge of the pleas of the Crown, from Old French corone | |
| 'coronership | |
| —n | |
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Coroner
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
coroner
1194, from Anglo-Fr. curuner, from L. custos placitorum coronæ, originally officer with the duty of protecting the property of the royal family, from L. corona "crown." Present duties established by 17c.
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Medical Dictionary
coroner cor·o·ner (kôr'ə-nər)
n.
A public officer whose primary function is to investigate by inquest any death thought to be of other than natural causes.
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Example sentences
He asked the dispatcher to try the coroner again, but the coroner's office was flooded.
The county coroner told the newspaper that the professor had died of natural causes.
Obviously it's tough to judge that claim without knowing the autopsy results, but that's what the coroner is saying right now.
Each county must have a coroner or medical examiner.
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