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FOREPERSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foreperson mean? 

FOREPERSON (noun)
  The noun FOREPERSON has 1 sense:

1. the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalfplay

  Familiarity information: FOREPERSON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOREPERSON (noun)


Sense 1

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)


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