CORONER

coroner, medical examiner

(noun) a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

coroner (plural coroners)

A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, cases of treasure trove, and debris from shipwrecks.

(Canada, US) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.

The administrative head of a sheading.

Hyponyms

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

Synonyms

• autopsier (rare)

Anagrams

• crooner

Source: Wiktionary

Cor"o*ner (kr"-nr), n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition