foreperson

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ person.

Noun

foreperson (plural forepersons or forepeople)

1. (management) A leader of a work crew.
2. (law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
3. (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

• (management) work foreman, work foreperson, work forewoman
• (law) foreman, forewoman, head juror, jury foreman, jury foreperson, jury forewoman, presiding juror

Translations

leader of a work crew

• Danish: forperson c
• German: Vorarbeiter (de) m, Vorarbeiterin (de) m, Polier (de) m, Polierin f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: formann (no) m, forkvinne m or f, arbeidsformann m, arbeidsforkvinne m or f

  Nynorsk: formann m, forkvinne f, arbeidsformann m, arbeidsforkvinne f

member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf

• German: Sprecher der Geschworenen m, Sprecherin der Geschworenen f, Vorsitzender und Sprecher der Jury m, Vorsitzende und Sprecherin der Jury f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: juryformann m, juryforkvinne m or f

  Nynorsk: juryformann m, juryforkvinne f

Anagrams

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