Noun

1. a public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths.

   a coroner may also be known as a medical examiner, or ME, if he or she holds a medical degree and performs autopsies.

   • The edict that formally established the Coroners was Article 20 of the "Articles of Eyre" in September 1194.
2. a medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.

   This definition applies only to some countries (e.g., Canada), and not others (e.g., the USA).