(Commonwealth of Nations, Japan, law) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.

plural of coroner

The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.

Relating to a crown or coronation. / (astronomy) Relating to the corona of a star. / (botany) Relating to the corona of a flower.

A crown or coronet. / A wreath or garland of flowers. / The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands. / (phonetics) A consonant produced with the tip or blade of the tongue.

Obsolete form of colonel.

plural of corona

plural of coronation

(rare) To crown (a sovereign).

Having or wearing a crown; crowned. / (zoology) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage. / (zoology) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished.