crowner

¹

[krou-ner]

noun

1. a person or thing that crowns.

2. a crowning crown event or occurrence.

crowner

²

[krou-ner, kroo-]

noun

British Dialect.

1. coroner.

crowner

/ ˈkraʊnə /

noun

1. a promotional label consisting of a shaped printed piece of card or paper attached to a product on display

Word History and Origins

Origin of crowner¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; crown, -er ¹

Origin of crowner²

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; crown, -er ²

Example Sentences

As part of that push, Quay Crowner was among the top education officials who enrolled in the “diversity change agent program.”

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Crowner thought little of it at the time.

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“We are still just in utter shock that the public service we took an oath to complete … has fallen apart,” said Crowner, whose bills related to an injury and health issues are likely to mount as she loses her federal health care coverage.

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Her experience is part of a largely untold story unfolding as Trump dismantles civil rights and inclusion programs across government: Many of those being forced out, like Crowner, are Black women who spent decades building a career of government service, only to see those careers shattered in a sudden purge.

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ProPublica interviewed Crowner and two other career civil servants, all Black women, who are among the hundreds of fired federal employees represented in a legal action brought against the Trump administration.

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