different between coroner vs lawman

English

Etymology

From Middle English coroner, from Old French curuner, from Medieval Latin custos placitorum coronae (“guardian of the crown's pleas”). The function was originally to protect royal properties.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?.??.n?(?)/
• Rhymes: -???n?(?)

Noun

coroner (plural coroners)

1. A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, cases of treasure trove, and debris from shipwrecks.
2. (Canada, US) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.
3. The administrative head of a sheading.

Hyponyms

• (who presides over an inquest): medical examiner, ME (if he or she performs autopsies)

Synonyms

• autopsier (rare)

Translations

Further reading

• coroner on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• crooner

French

Noun

coroner m (plural coroners)

1. coroner (in English-speaking countries)

Latin

Verb

cor?ner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cor?n?

Middle English

Alternative forms

• corowner, crouner, crowner, coronour, coronier, corounere

Etymology

From Old French curuner; equivalent to coroune +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?ru?ne?r/, /?kru?ne?r/, /kuru?ne?r/, /?kurun?r/

Noun

coroner (plural coroners)

1. A (medieval) coroner (a royal officer who helps administer law and the courts)

Descendants

• English: coroner (obsolete crowner)
• Scots: crownar (obsolete)

References

• “cor?un???r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-20.

Old French

Alternative forms

• coroner
• courouner
• corouner

Etymology

From Latin cor?n?re, present active infinitive of cor?n? (“I crown”).

Verb

coroner

1. to crown (make into a monarch)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: couronner

English

Etymology

From Middle English laweman, la?aman (as a man's name, La?amon, Layamon), from Old English lahmann, from Old Norse l?gmaðr. In present use as a law-enforcement officer, law +? -man.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: lôm?n, lôm?n, IPA^(key): /?l??mæn/, /?l??m?n/
• (US) enPR: lôm?n, lôm?n, IPA^(key): /?l?mæn/, /?l?m?n/
• Rhymes: -??m?n

Noun

lawman (plural lawmen)

1. (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
2. (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
3. (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
4. (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.
5. (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.

Synonyms

• (speaker of the law): lawspeaker
• (medieval Dano-English magistrates): lageman, lagman
• (Orcadian & Shetlandic chief justice): lawman-general, lagman
• (law-enforcement officer): See Thesaurus:police officer

Translations

References

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Noun

lawman

1. crazy person