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juror

/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/ UK
/ˈd͡ʒʊɹɚ/ US
/ˈd͡ʒʊɹˌoɹ/ US
/ˈd͡ʒɝɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ʊəɹə(ɹ), -ʊəɹɔː(ɹ), -ɜːɹə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English jurour, jurrour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman jurour and Old French jureor, from the verb jurer (“to swear”), or possibly from Latin iūrātor, iūrātōrem, whence the English doublet jurator.

noun jurors · jurour

A member of a jury. While unfailingly courteous to the jury, he could be quite sharp with counsel and witnesses, and rattle his sabre at the press: his first reported words in the case were that any journalist thinking of interviewing a juror 'had better bring a toothbrush'.
Similar: jurat, juryman, juryperson, jurywoman

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: juryman, jurywoman, venireman, jury, verdict, promise, swear, deal, peer, swearing, pinkie, juryperson, jurator, judicator, jurist, jurisconsult

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noun jury member

Español	jurado, jurada, juror, jurador, jurante
한국어	배심원 baesimwon
日本語	陪審員 baishin'in
中文	陪審員 /陪审员 péishěnyuán
Português	jurado, jurada
Français	juré, jurée
Deutsch	Geschworener, Juror
Italiano	giurato, giurata
Ελληνικά	ένορκος énorkos
Русский	прися́жный prisjážnyj, прися́жная prisjážnaja, член жюри́ člen žurí
Tiếng Việt	bồi thẩm, thẩm phán
العربية	مُحَلَّف muḥallaf

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@misc{juror_2026,
  title = {juror},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/juror},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}