foreperson

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foreperson

noun forepersons · forepeople

  1. A leader of a work crew.
  2. The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
  3. uncommon A forefather, predecessor. 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.

Similar: work foreman, work foreperson, work forewoman, foreman, forewoman, head juror, jury foreman, jury foreperson, jury forewoman, presiding juror

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noun leader of a work crew

한국어감독자 gamdogja
DeutschVorarbeiter, Vorarbeiterin, Polier, Polierin

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

한국어십장 sibjang, 여자 십장 yeoja sibjang, 감독자 c or c du gamdogja
DeutschSprecher der Geschworenen, Sprecherin der Geschworenen, Vorsitzender und Sprecher der Jury, Vorsitzende und Sprecherin der Jury

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@misc{foreperson_2026,
  title = {foreperson},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foreperson},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}