crowner
See also: Crowner
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English crowner, crownere, equivalent to crown + -er.
Noun
editcrowner (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
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle English crouner, variant of coroner.
Noun
editcrowner (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[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
editMiddle English
editNoun
editcrowner
- Alternative form of coroner
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