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coroner definition

coro·ner (kôr′ə nər, kär′-)

noun

a public officer who determines by inquest, sometimes with a jury, the causes of any deaths not obviously due to natural causes

Etymology: ME, officer of the crown < Anglo-Fr corouner < coroune, corone, a crown < L corona, crown

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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