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单词 coroner
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cor•o•ner /ˈkɔrənɚ, ˈkɑr-/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Governmentan officer in a county whose function is to investigate any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cor•o•ner  (kôr′ə nər, kor′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. 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.
  • Anglo-French corouner supervisor of the Crown's pleas, equivalent. to coroune crown + -er -er2
  • Middle English 1225–75
cor′o•ner•ship′, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
coroner /ˈkɒrənə/ n
  1. a public official responsible for the investigation of violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths and inquiries into treasure trove. The investigation (coroner's inquest) is held in the presence of a jury (coroner's jury)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-French corouner officer in charge of the pleas of the Crown, from Old French corone crown

ˈcoronerˌship n
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