"coroner" meaning in English

See coroner in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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 , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-coroner.wav 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, Ireland, 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, Ireland, 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 /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), koroner (Indonesian), coroner (Interlingua), 検死官 (kenshikan) (alt: けんしかん) (Japanese), 검시관 (geomsigwan) (alt: 檢屍官) (Korean), истра́жител (istrážitel) [masculine] (Macedonian), koroner (Malay), 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: 39 45 16 Disambiguation of People: 63 32 5 Categories (other): Commonwealth English, Irish English, Japanese English Topics: law Disambiguation of 'who presides over an inquest': 70 25 5 Disambiguation of 'who presides over an inquest': 70 25 5
  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), ιατροδικαστής (iatrodikastís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), 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: 39 45 16 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Greenlandic translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 48 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 67 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 31 49 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 48 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 60 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 30 58 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 32 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 63 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 62 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 67 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 63 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 26 64 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greenlandic translations: 28 60 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 28 60 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 30 59 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 27 59 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 28 59 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 30 58 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 30 60 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 31 57 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 61 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 30 58 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 31 59 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 57 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 29 60 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 63 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 31 58 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 60 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 58 12 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'who performs autopsies': 22 70 8
  3. (Isle of Man) The administrative head of a sheading. Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-coroner-en-noun-oF87NWqh Disambiguation of Occupations: 39 45 16 Categories (other): Manx English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: autopsier [rare] Derived forms: coronership Related terms: coronial

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "who presides over an inquest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сле́дователь по уби́йствам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sudébnyj slédovatelʹ",
      "sense": "who presides over an inquest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "суде́бный сле́дователь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sudmedɛkspért",
      "sense": "who presides over an inquest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "судмедэкспе́рт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "who presides over an inquest",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "isljednik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "who presides over an inquest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "coroner"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "who presides over an inquest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rättsläkare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metge forense"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forense"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "iatrodikastís",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ιατροδικαστής"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "word": "boncmester"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "word": "boncnok"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "patológ",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "патоло́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "word": "kaitirotiro tūpāpaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coroner"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koroner"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "médico-legista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "médica-legista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "medic legist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sudmedɛkspért",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "судмедэкспе́рт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sudski patolog"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forense"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "who performs autopsies",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rättsläkare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "coroner"
}

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