Dictionary

foreperson en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English fore- Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English foreperson From fore- + person.

Meanings

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. 1976 December 25, Steve Blevins, “Tricentennial Journal”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 13:

Forms

Synonyms

presiding juror · foreman · jury foreperson · forewoman · work foreperson · work foreman · head juror · jury forewoman · jury foreman · work forewoman

Translations (30)

de Polierin (leader of a work crew) · de Vorarbeiter (leader of a work crew) · nn arbeidsforkvinne (leader of a work crew) · nb arbeidsformann (leader of a work crew) · de Sprecher der Geschworenen (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · nb juryformann (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · nn forkvinne (leader of a work crew) · pl kierownik budowy (leader of a work crew) · ko 감독자 (leader of a work crew) · pl majster (leader of a work crew) · ko 여자 십장 (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · da forperson (leader of a work crew) · nb juryforkvinne (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · nb formann (leader of a work crew) · nb arbeidsforkvinne (leader of a work crew) · pl przewodniczący ławy przysięgłych (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · ko 십장 (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · nn juryforkvinne (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · pl kierowniczka budowy (leader of a work crew) · de Polier (leader of a work crew) · de Vorsitzende und Sprecherin der Jury (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · ko 감독자 c or c du (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · nn arbeidsformann (leader of a work crew) · nb forkvinne (leader of a work crew) · de Sprecherin der Geschworenen (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · pl przewodnicząca ławy przysięgłych (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · de Vorsitzender und Sprecher der Jury (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · nn formann (leader of a work crew) · nn juryformann (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf) · de Vorarbeiterin (leader of a work crew)