Definitions for coroners

coroners cor·o·ner

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

Coroners is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 169 anagrams from letters in coroners (cenoorrs).

Definitions for coroners

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 coroners

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

Examples for coroners

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for coroners
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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