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    coroner
    cor‧o‧ner /ˈkɒrənə $ ˈkɔːrənər, ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1200-1300
     Language: Anglo-French
     Origin: 'royal official', from Old French corone; ⇨ crown1
    an official whose job is to discover the cause of someone’s death, especially if they died in a sudden or unusual way:
        The coroner recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.
        the coroner’s court