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Main meanings of crowner in English

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crowner1

Pronunciation /ˈkraʊnə/

noun

  • Coroner.

Usage

Now regional or with allusion to Hamlet (see quots. 1604 1604)

Origin

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

Main meanings of crowner in English

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crowner2

Pronunciation /ˈkraʊnə/

noun

  • 1A person who crowns someone or something.

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

Origin

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

Main meanings of crowner in English

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crowner3

Pronunciation /ˈkraʊnə/

noun

historical Scottish

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

Origin

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