foreperson
English
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Noun
[edit]foreperson (plural forepersons or forepeople)
- (management) A leader of a work crew.
- (law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
- (uncommon) A forefather, predecessor.
- 1976 December 25, Steve Blevins, “Tricentennial Journal”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 13:
- The capsule was buried before the Free Genitals Act of 1990, so there was much memorabilia from our pioneering forepersons: Chief Justice Elaine Noble's gavel, a program from Lillian Tomlin's one woman performance of The Brothers Karamazov, and former Sgt. Leonard Matlovich's honorable discharge.
Synonyms
[edit]- (management) work foreman, work foreperson, work forewoman
- (law) foreman, forewoman, head juror, jury foreman, jury foreperson, jury forewoman, presiding juror
Translations
[edit]leader of a work crew
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member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
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- English terms prefixed with fore-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preh₂-
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