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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coroner /ˈkɒr(ə)nə/
▶noun
- 1 an official who holds inquests into violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths.
- 2 historical an official responsible for safeguarding the private property of the Crown.
– derivatives
coronership noun,
coronial adjective.
coronership noun,
coronial adjective.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. coruner, from corune (see crown); reflecting the L. title custos placitorum coronae ‘guardian of the pleas of the Crown’.
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