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Foreperson
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1. foreperson
the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Foreperson
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foreman
used to avoid the masculine implication of foremanWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Foreperson
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1. The chair and spokesperson for a jury: "A jury gives no reasons for its decision; it reaches a collective result, announced by the foreperson" (Hiller B. Zobel).
2. The leader of a work crew, as in a factory.
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