Definitions of coroner [ˈkɔr ə nər, ˈkɒr-]

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Definition of 'coroner'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) coroner
an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.

Etymology: (1225–75; ME < AF corouner supervisor of the Crown's pleas =corounecrown+-er -er²)

Definition of 'coroner'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) coroner, medical examiner
a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes

Definition of 'coroner'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) coroner
an officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred

Translation of 'coroner'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an official who inquires into the causes of accidental or sudden, unexpected deaths.
Afrikaans: lykskouer	Arabic: ضابِط قَضائي	Bulgarian: следовател
Brazilian: delegado	Czech: ohledávač mrtvol	German: der Leichenbeschauer
Danish: retsmediciner; embedslæge	Greek: ιατροδικαστής	Spanish: juez de instrucción
Estonian: koroner	Farsi: مامور پزشکی قانونی	Finnish: kuolemansyyntutkija
French: coroner	Hebrew: חוֹקֵר מִקרֵי מָווֵת	Hindi: अपमृत्यु के कारणों की जां
Croatian: mrtvozornik	Hungarian: halottkém	Indonesian: pemeriksa mayat
Icelandic: dánardómstjóri	Italian: coroner, (magistrato che	Japanese: 検死官
Korean: 검시관	Lithuanian: koroneris	Latvian: kriminālmeklētājs
Malay: pemeriksa mayat	Dutch: rechter van instructie	Norwegian: embetsmann som forestår r
Polish: lekarz sądowy	Persian: مامور پزشکی قانونی	Pashto: هغه مامور چه دنا ببره وژل
Portuguese: maigstrado	Romanian: medic legist	Russian: коронер
Slovak: ohliadač (mŕtvol)	Slovenian: mrliški oglednik	Serbian: islednik
Swedish: coroner	Thai: เจ้าหน้าที่ชันสูตรศพ	Turkish: adlî tıp görevlisi
Taiwanese: 驗屍官	Ukrainian: коронер	Urdu: غير طبعى موت كى تفتيش كرن
Vietnamese: nhân viên điều tra những	Chinese: 验尸官
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