foreperson

foreperson

English

Etymology

fore- +‎ person

Noun

foreperson (plural forepersons or forepeople)

1. (management) A (male or female) leader of a work crew (a foreman or forewoman).
2. (law) The (male or female) member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf (a foreman or forewoman).

Synonyms

• (management) work foreman, work foreperson, work forewoman
• (law) foreman, forewoman, head juror, jury foreman, jury foreperson, jury forewoman, presiding juror

Translations

(male or female) leader of a work crew

German: Vorarbeiter m, Vorarbeiterin m, Polier (de) m, Polierin f Norwegian: Bokmål: formann (no) m, forkvinne m or f, arbeidsformann m, arbeidsforkvinne m or f Nynorsk: formann m, forkvinne f, arbeidsformann m, arbeidsforkvinne f

(male or female) member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf

German: Sprecher der Geschworenen m, Sprecherin der Geschworenen f, Vorsitzender und Sprecher der Jury m, Vorsitzende und Sprecherin der Jury f Norwegian: Bokmål: juryformann m, juryforkvinne m or f Nynorsk: juryformann m, juryforkvinne f