CORONER


Meaning of CORONER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkȯr-ə-nər, ˈkär- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, an officer of the crown, from Anglo-French, from corone crown, from Latin corona

Date: 15th century

: a public officer whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.