ˈkȯrənə(r), ˈkär- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English coroner, corowner, from Anglo-French corouner, from Old French corone, coroune crown (from Latin corona ) + Anglo-French -er (from Latin -arius ) — more at -er
1. : an officer of an earlier time in England whose duty was to keep a record of the pleas of the crown in a county and guard the royal revenues arising from them
2. : a public officer whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest held in the presence of a jury into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes — compare medical examiner
3. : a chief constable of a sheading in the Isle of Man