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coroner

noun
🔊/ˈkɒrənə(r)/
🔊/ˈkɔːrənər/
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  1. an official whose job is to discover the cause of any sudden, violent or suspicious death by holding an inquest验尸官
    • The coroner issued a burial certificate.验尸官出具了入殓证明书。
    • The coroner ordered an investigation into the man's death.验尸官要求对这个人的死亡进行调查。
    • The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.验尸官判定这是一次意外死亡。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deputy
    • county
    coroner + verb
    • issue something
    • order something
    • determine something
    • …
    phrases
    • a coroner’s court
    • a coroner’s inquest
    • a coroner’s report
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French coruner, from corune ‘a crown, ’ coruner (verb), Old French corone (noun), coroner (verb), from Latin corona ‘wreath, chaplet’; reflecting the Latin title custos placitorum coronae ‘guardian of the pleas of the Crown’.