coroner
coroner is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred. [In England formerly also written and pronounced crowner.] Note: In some of the United States the office of coroner is abolished, that of medical examiner taking its place. Coroner's inquest. See under Inquest.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- administration
- administrative
- aedile
- alguazil
- arm
- authority
- bailiff
- bailiwick
- beadle
- bearer
- bedel
- bureau
- catchpoll
- causidical
- commission
- constable
- constabulary
- cop
- corporation
- customhouse
- department
- douanier
- edile
- exciseman
- executive
- extension
- extradite
- extradition
- force
- fuzz
- gager
- gang
- gauger
- gendarme
- inquisitorial
- judge
- judgment
- judicatory
- judicature
- judicial
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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