FOREPERSON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("foreperson" is a kind of...):

juror; juryman; jurywoman (someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foreperson"):

foreman (a man who is foreperson of a jury)

forelady; forewoman (a woman who is foreperson of a jury)