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coroner

cor.o.ner \'ko.r-*-n*r, 'ka:r-\ n [ME, an officer of the crown, fr. AF, fr. 
   OF corone crown, fr. L coron]a : a public officer whose principal duty is 
   to inquire by an inquest held i n the presence of a jury into the cause of 
   any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes