Definitions for coroner

coroner cor·o·ner

Spelling: [kawr-uh-ner, kor-]
IPA: /ˈkɔr ə nər, ˈkɒr-/

Coroner is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in coroner (cenoorr).

Definitions for coroner

noun

  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.

Origin of coroner

1225-75; Middle English Anglo-French corouner supervisor of the Crown's pleas, equivalent to coroune crown + -er -er2

Examples for coroner

At last month's inquest, coroner Fiona Wilcox concluded Mrs Saldanha had taken her own life.

When Mr. Cohen was asked by the coroner whether Peaches had been a heroin addict, he replied, "Yes."

Even the coroner determined that the cause of death was "homicide."

The coroner would also note the tiny hemorrhages that accompany strangulation.

Meanwhile at Redcross Farm, the coroner was holding his inquiry.

Pete says you better notify the coroner—and I reckon the sheriff, too.

The coroner said the call had been "clearly pressing on her mind" but that she had had "appropriate" support from the hospital.

They've taken his body to the Red Lion, and the coroner is there from Gaskarth.

There was a pause, during which the coroner looked very thoughtful.

"Thank you, Mr. Dunbar; that will do for the present," said the coroner.

Word Value for coroner
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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