coroner

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

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