'Crowner' definitions:
Definition of 'Crowner'
From: GCIDE
- Crowner \Crown"er\ (kroun"[~e]r), n.
- 1. One who, or that which, crowns. --Beau. & FL. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Cf. Coroner.] A coroner. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'crowner'
From: GCIDE
- Coroner \Cor"o*ner\ (k?r"?-n?r), n. [From OE. coronen to crown, OF. coroner, fr. L. coronare, fr. corona crown. Formed as a translation of LL. coronator coroner, fr. L. corona crown, the coroner having been originally a prosecuting officer of the crown. See Crown.] 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. [In England formerly also written and pronounced crowner.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: In some of the United States the office of coroner is abolished, that of medical examiner taking its place. [1913 Webster]
- Coroner's inquest. See under Inquest. [1913 Webster]