crowner

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- coroner.


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Origin:
Middle English; earliest use found in Subsidy Roll, Leicestershire. Alteration of coroner, after crown


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A person who crowns someone or something.

- A heavy fall, especially (more fully "imperial crowner") one in which the person lands on his or her head. Now somewhat dated.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in Promptorium Parvulorum. Partly from crown + -er


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A military commander, a colonel; specifically the commander of troops raised in one county.


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Origin:
early 17th century; earliest use found in Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents. Alteration of colonel, after crown




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