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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English crowner, crownere, equivalent to crown + -er.
Noun
crowner (plural crowners)
- One who, or that which, crowns.
1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Mad Lover”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii:Oh, thou mother of delights,
Crowner of all happy nights,
Star of dear content and pleasure,
Of mutual loves the endless treasure!
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English crouner, variant of coroner.
Noun
crowner (plural crowners)
- (obsolete, UK, Scotland) coroner
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 276, column 2:I tell thee ſhe is, and therefore make her Grave ſtraight, the Crowner hath ſate on her, and finds it Chriſtian buriall.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
crowner
- Alternative form of coroner