"coroner" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒ.ɹə.nə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔɹ.ə.nɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkɑɹ.ə.nɚ/ [New-York-City], /ˈkɹaʊnə(ɹ)/ [obsolete] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coroner.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-coroner.wav [US] Forms: coroners [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɹənə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English coroner, from Old French curuner, from Medieval Latin custōs placitōrum corōnae (“guardian of the crown's pleas”). The function was originally to protect royal properties. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|coroner}} Middle English coroner, {{der|en|fro|curuner}} Old French curuner, {{der|en|ML.|custōs placitōrum corōnae||guardian of the crown's pleas}} Medieval Latin custōs placitōrum corōnae (“guardian of the crown's pleas”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} coroner (plural coroners)
  1. (Commonwealth, Japan, law) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove. Tags: Commonwealth, Japan Categories (topical): Law, Occupations, People Hyponyms (who presides over an inquest): medical examiner, ME (english: if he or she performs autopsies) Translations (who presides over an inquest): съде́бен сле́довател (sǎdében slédovatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 驗屍官 (Chinese Mandarin), 验尸官 (yànshīguān) (Chinese Mandarin), 死因裁判官 (sǐyīn cáipànguān) (Chinese Mandarin), koroner [masculine] (Czech), lijkschouwer [masculine] (Dutch), patholoog-anatoom [masculine] (Dutch), kuolinsyyntutkija (Finnish), kuolemansyyntutkija (Finnish), médecin légiste [masculine] (French), coroner [UK, US, masculine, usually] (French), Coroner [UK, US, masculine, usually] (German), Gerichtsmediziner [masculine] (German), eqqartuussinermi nakorsaq (Greenlandic), कारोनर (kāronar) [masculine] (Hindi), halottkém (Hungarian), igazságügyi orvosszakértő (Hungarian), coroner (Interlingua), 検死官 (kenshikan) (alt: けんしかん) (Japanese), 검시관 (geomsigwan) (alt: 檢屍官) (Korean), истра́жител (istrážitel) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaiwhakawā tūpāpaku (Maori), koroner [masculine] (Polish), coroner [masculine] (Polish), legista [masculine] (Portuguese), medic legist [masculine] (Romanian), ко́ронер (kóronɛr) [UK, US, masculine, usually] (Russian), сле́дователь по уби́йствам (slédovatelʹ po ubíjstvam) [masculine] (Russian), суде́бный сле́дователь (sudébnyj slédovatelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), судмедэкспе́рт (sudmedɛkspért) [masculine] (Russian), isljednik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), coroner [common-gender] (Swedish), rättsläkare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-coroner-en-noun-9bQbIMYQ Disambiguation of Occupations: 41 42 17 Disambiguation of People: 63 32 5 Categories (other): Commonwealth English, Japanese English Topics: law Disambiguation of 'who presides over an inquest': 72 24 4 Disambiguation of 'who presides over an inquest': 72 24 4
  2. (Canada, US, medicine) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Medicine, Occupations Translations (who performs autopsies): metge forense [masculine] (Catalan), forense [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), boncmester (Hungarian), boncnok (Hungarian), патоло́г (patológ) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaitirotiro tūpāpaku (Maori), coroner [masculine] (Polish), koroner [masculine] (Polish), legista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), médico-legista [masculine] (Portuguese), médica-legista [feminine] (Portuguese), medic legist [masculine] (Romanian), судмедэкспе́рт (sudmedɛkspért) [masculine] (Russian), sudski patolog [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), forense [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), rättsläkare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-coroner-en-noun-LOlB-dP3 Disambiguation of Occupations: 41 42 17 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 48 20 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 26 63 11 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'who performs autopsies': 21 73 6
  3. (Isle of Man) The administrative head of a sheading. Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-coroner-en-noun-oF87NWqh Disambiguation of Occupations: 41 42 17 Categories (other): Manx English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: autopsier [rare] Related terms: coronial

Inflected forms

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        "US",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "word": "boncnok"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "kaitirotiro tūpāpaku"
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      "code": "sv",
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