名詞 coroner:

1. a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes
   同義詞：medical examiner

1. The coroner asked for a review of police procedures.
   驗尸官要求對警察程序進行再檢查。

cor.o.ner

n.Abbr. cor.（名詞）縮寫 cor.
A public officer whose primary function is to investigate by inquest any death thought to be of other than natural causes.
驗尸官：主要職責是對被認為是死于非命的死者的死因作驗尸調查的公職人員

來源：
Middle English [officer of the crown]
中古英語 [皇家官員]
from Anglo-Norman corouner
源自 英法語 corouner
from coroune [crown]
源自 coroune [王冠]
from Latin corôna * see crown
源自 拉丁語 corôna *參見 crown

【引伸】
cor.onership.
n.（名詞）
<注釋>Coroner comes from Anglo-Norman corouner, a word derived fromcoroune, .crown.. Corouner was the term used for the royal judicial officer who was called in Latin custos placitorum coronae, or .guardian of the crown`s pleas.. The person holding the office of coroner, a position dating from the 2th century, was charged with keeping local records of legal proceedings in which the crown had jurisdiction.He helped raise money for the crown by funneling the property of executed criminals into the king`s treasury.The coroner also investigated any suspicious deaths among the Normans,who as the ruling class wanted to be sure that their deaths were not taken lightly. At one time in England all criminal proceedings were included in the coroner`s responsibilities.Over the years these responsibilities decreased markedly,but coroners have continued to display morbid curiosity.In the United States, where there is no longer the crown, a coroner`s main duty is the investigation of any sudden, violent, or unexpected death that may not have had a natural cause.
Coroner 一詞來源于盎格魯-諾曼底語中的 corouner ， 是從coroune .王冠.變來的。 Corouner 是皇家司法官，在拉丁語叫 custos placitorum coronae 或.國王請求的保護者。. 起源于2世紀的這一職位，當時負責記錄當?shù)氐膰蹙哂胁门袡嗟姆沙绦?。持這一職位者通過收集死刑犯的財產入國庫來為國王聚殮錢財。他也負責調查諾曼底人中任何可疑的死亡。因諾曼底人是統(tǒng)治階級，他們希望確知他們的死沒有被輕看。在英國曾由驗尸官一度負責罪犯的全部事務。隨著時間推移。這些責任明顯減少，但仍繼續(xù)顯示對死亡的調查的興趣。在美國，已不再有國王，驗尸官的主要任務是調查任何突發(fā)的、劇烈的或預料不到的，大概無自然原因的死亡