crowner meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

crowner

noun

/ˈkɹaʊnə(ɹ)/

Etymology From Middle English crowner, crownere, equivalent to crown + -er.

One who, or that which, crowns.

Oh, thou mother of delights, Crowner of all happy nights, Star of dear content and pleasure, Of mutual loves the endless treasure!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:

noun

Etymology From Middle English crouner, variant of coroner.

I tell thee ſhe is, and therefore make her Grave ſtraight, the Crowner hath ſate on her, and finds it Chriſtian buriall.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:

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