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
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