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.
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.
noun
historical ScottishA 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.
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