Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan)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.

    The coroner confirmed the cause of death.

    Coroner, Gerichtsmediziner

    ко́ронерkóronɛr, сле́дователь по уби́йствамslédovatelʹ po ubíjstvam, суде́бный сле́довательsudébnyj slédovatelʹ

    a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes

  2. (Canada, US)A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.

    A report from the coroner was presented in court.

    Leichenbeschauer, Leichenbeschauerin

    судмедэкспе́ртsudmedɛkspért

  3. The administrative head of a sheading.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. A decapitated body was on the coroner's table.

    ruНа столе судмедэксперта лежало обезглавленное тело.

    deAuf dem Tisch des Gerichtsmediziners lag eine enthauptete Leiche.

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  2. There was a decapitated body on the coroner's table.

    deAuf dem Tisch des Gerichtsmediziners lag eine enthauptete Leiche.

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  3. The coroner couldn't say for sure how Tom died.

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  4. The coroner didn't find any gunshot wounds on any of the bodies.

    deDer Gerichtsmediziner stellte an keiner der Leichen Schussverletzungen fest.

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  5. The coroner is performing an autopsy on Tom to find out what killed him.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
who presides over an inquest:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
who presides over an inquest:
who performs autopsies:

Origin

From Middle English coroner, from Old French curuner, from Medieval Latin custōs placitōru

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. Compare crowner. Doublet of crown.

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Forms

plural: coroners
Singularcoroner
Pluralcoroners

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes:medical examiner

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcoronial

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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