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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
crown·er1       [krou-ner] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person or thing that crowns.
2.a crowning event or occurrence.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME; see crown, -er1]
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crown·er2       [krou-ner, kroo-] Pronunciation Key
–noun British Dialect.
coroner.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME; see crown, -er2]
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crowner

Cor"o*ner\ (k?r"?-n?r), n. [From OE. coronen to crown, OF. coroner, fr. L. coronare, fr. corona crown. Formed as a translation of LL. coronator coroner, fr. L. corona crown, the coroner having been originally a prosecuting officer of the crown. See Crown.] 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. [In England formerly also written and pronounced crowner.]

Note: In some of the United States the office of coroner is abolished, that of medical examiner taking its place.

Coroner's inquest. See under Inquest.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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