单词 | crowner |
释义 | crownern.1 Now regional or with allusion to Hamlet (see quots. 16041, 16042). = coroner n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > conductor of inquests or coroner crowner1327 questmonger1389 quest-ditera1500 quest-gangera1500 inquisitor1513 questman1548 coronera1640 inquest-man1766 society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > conductor of inquests or coroner > types of coronerc1325 crowner1327 purpressure1477 medical examiner1820 1327 Subsidy Roll, Leicestershire in Associated Archit. Soc. Rep. & Papers (1888) 19 291 (MED) Johannes Crownere. c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 266 (MED) Þe gode Erl was arrestede anone, & ladde vnto the barr bifore Robert of Hamond, þat was crouner [?a1425 Trin. Dublin Coroner] of þe Kyngus Household. 1487 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1487 §21. m. 10 The crowner upon the viewe of the body dede shuld inquire of hym..that had don that deth or murder. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 3246 Til Alondonane his crownar past, For til arest mysdoaris þar. 1516 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 82 To Duncan Reche to pas with ij lettres to the shereff and crounar principale of Forfar. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. iv. i. 102 There are..crowners, whose dutie is to inquire of such as come to their death by violence. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 4 The crowner hath sate on her, and finds it Christian buriall. View more context for this quotation 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 22 Other. But is this law? Clowne. I marry i'st, Crowners quest law. View more context for this quotation 1668 S. Pepys Diary 22 Jan. (1976) IX. 34 Find the Crowner's jury sitting. 1775 R. Cumberland Choleric Man iv. ii. 64 If I was your honour I would be looking out for the crowner; it will be well done to touch him pretty handsomely before he calls a quest upon the body. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI xviii. 112 As soon as ‘Crowner's quest’ allowed. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 192 The crowner would be gettin' to hear on it. 1908 L. Doyle Ballygullion in B. Share Slanguage (1997) 64/1 I don't want to waste a day on a Crowner's jury, an' the potatoes comin' out. 1922 A. Brown Old Crow 482 I asked him if the crowner'd come, an' I'd have to swear to 't. 1989 Mod. Law Rev. 52 471 The crowner's 'quest..is probably our oldest quasi-judicial institution. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 69/2 Crowner sayed as 'ow 'e'd felled arse-ovver-'ed an' must of drownded 'issen, 'e did. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). crownern.2 1. A person who crowns someone or something (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > formal or ceremonial appointment > crowning > one who crowner1440 coronator1603 coronant1615 the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > one who completes an action or process enderc1384 perfecterc1425 fulfillerc1434 finisher1526 sealer1615 crownera1625 perficient1641 completer1701 perfector1836 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 105 Crownere, or corownere, coronator. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 30v A Crowner, Coronator. 1565 R. Shacklock tr. S. Hozjusz Hatchet of Heresies Ep. Ded. sig. aviii I desyre God to be..youre leader in all the slyppery wayes of this lyff, and your crowner in the blessed Kyngdome which is to come. a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover v. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dv/2 O faire sweet Goddesse Queene of Loves..Crowner of all happy nights. 1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 15 He..is the holy Anointer, the Crowner himself. 1766 G. Baddelley Several Disc. ix. 205 He that is the author and finisher, or rather the leader and crowner of our faith. a1825 J. Summerfield Serm. (1842) vi. 48 When the contest was over he awarded the crown to the lawful victor..; in this point of view he was called the crowner, so that he was both the leader and the crowner of the race. 1828 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. III. ix. 185 The guardian of his infancy, the director of his youth, the crowner of his energies at the goal of manhood. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 564 He who was to be..the sure Foundation and Crowner of the whole building. 1906 R. E. Dennett At Back of Black Man's Mind ii. 13 He is the crowner, or, as it were, the creator of kings. 2010 H. Ricketts Strange Meetings ix. 132 ‘Glory of Women’..contained the bitter line ‘You crown our distant ardours while we fight’. This implicitly lumped [Robert]] Nichols along with the women as a crowner of distant ardours while others..did the actual fighting. 2. colloquial (chiefly U.S. and Scottish). A finishing touch, the culmination; a crowning act, a clinching argument, etc. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > that which > finishing touch or crowning act copestone1567 last hand1567 colophon1628 capstone1685 grace stroke1686 finishing stroke1695 coup de grâce1699 touch-up1733 finish1779 crowner1815 coping-stone1860 grace note1922 topper1940 1815 Massachusetts Spy 31 May This is the crowner, the cap-sheaf. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxvii. 306 That very night, we slipped our cables, as a crowner to our fun ashore. 1846 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 21 Nov. 330/2 We have only to add, as a crowner, a passage from the notice of Newhaven in the ‘New Statistical Account of Scotland’. 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner II. xxv. 175 Wal, if that a'n't the craowner! 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 18/2 ‘That's a capper’.., a crowner, in the way of argument. 1882 ‘J. Strathesk’ Bits from Blinkbonny xii. 314 It was far ower kind,—..she never could have expected to hae been countenanced in the way she had been by a'body, but really this was the crowner. 1922 A. Brown Old Crow xxvii. 320 Isn't that a joke, Rookie? Charlotte would say it's the crowner. 3. colloquial. A heavy fall, esp. (more fully imperial crowner) one in which the person lands on his or her head. Now somewhat dated. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > on head or nose crowner1850 noser1862 1850 G. J. Whyte-Melville Passages Life Tilbury Nogo iv, in Sporting Mag. Mar. 180 I..got a most imperial crowner in what I believe to have been a second ditch. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing ii. xxvi. 201 A ‘crowner’ for John, whose horse goes shoulder deep into a hole. 1887 Viscount Bury & G. L. Hillier Cycling (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) i. 14 The peculiar form of tumble that ensues is known by the distinctive name of ‘the cropper’, or ‘Imperial crowner’. 1918 D. Cooper Let. 2 Aug. in Rainbow comes & Goes (1958) 189 Imagine the horror of seeing Birrell take a crowner on his back, heels and umbrella waving in air. 1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox ii. 104 Lord, what a crowner we've a been, This jumping brook's a mucky job. 1997 Guardian 27 Feb. ii. 10/4 How many croppers and imperial crowners (as the contemporary cycling vernacular had it) did they endure on their hobby-horses and high-wheelers? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). crownern.3 Scottish (now historical). A military commander, a colonel; spec. the commander of troops raised in one county. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of specific forces praetor?a1439 aga1542 emir1542 imperator1590 crownerc1600 ban1614 sardar1615 duke1652 dey1656 hetman1710 stratopedarch1788 commandant1791 tuchun1917 war-lord1922 myriarch1949 c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 55 Ane capitane callit capitane Mertene, crowner of the haill Frenchemen, landit in Leith havin. 1629 J. Achesone Mil. Garden 25 The Crowners place and office is to be commander over the Captaines, and all other inferior officers of his regiment, having jurisdiction and dominion over them all. 1639 R. Baillie Let. 28 Sept. (1841) I. 201 Baranthrow had chosen my Lord Montgomerie for their crouner. 1654 J. Nicoll Diary (1836) 125 A..feast, prepared by the Toun of Edinburgh for him [sc. Monk] and his speciall crowneris. 1727 W. Gordon Hist. Family Gordon II. 463 This Defeat was attributed by the Rebels to one Crowner, or Major Drummond. 1828 R. Chambers Hist. Rebellions in Scotl. I. viii.136 The chief covenanting nobleman of each county was placed at the head of each corresponding regiment, with the title of Crowner. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VII. lxxi. 43 A few trained officers, the most important among whom was Crowner or Colonel Gun. 2000 K. R. Boren & L. L. Boren Following Ark Covenant 63/1 George Gunn of Ulbster, Chief of Clan Gunn and Crowner of Caithness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11327n.21440n.3c1600 |
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