foreperson

English

Etymology

fore- +‎ person

Noun

foreperson (plural forepersons or forepeople)

(management) A (male or female) leader of a work crew (a foreman or forewoman).
(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

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