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UK
/kˈɒɹənɐ/
]
[ US /ˈkɔɹənɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɔɹənɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes
How To Use coroner In A Sentence
- The coroner said it's up to travel companies to warn customers of any possible dangers.
- An irregular heartbeat or a blood clot are suspected by the coroner. The Sun
- The jury later wrote to the coroner, deploring the fact that an unseaworthy ship could put to sea with a drunken captain.
- The recorder, prosecutor and coroner are Republicans, while the auditor, treasurer and sheriff are Democrats.
- The coroner immediately classified his death as a suicide.
- An inquest was opened and adjourned at Oxford coroner's court. The Sun
- At the inquest into the deaths the coroner had criticised fire safety standards in British furniture.
- The Divisional Court directed the coroner to resume the inquest.
- The coroner ruled out neglect or self-neglect as a contributory factor in the death. Times, Sunday Times
- The coroner, a thin, elderly, spectacled man, dressed entirely in black, peered disapprovingly at the crowd and wearily sighed as he took his place at the table.