crowner

See also: Crowner

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹaʊnə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -aʊnə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English crowner, crownere, equivalent to crown +‎ -er.

Noun

crowner (plural crowners)

1. 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

one who crowns

• Finnish: kruunaaja (fi)

Etymology 2

From Middle English crouner, variant of coroner.

Noun

crowner (plural crowners)

2. (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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], 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

• recrown

Middle English

Noun

crowner

1. Alternative form of coroner