noun
Meaning 1
A leader of a work crew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: management
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
foreperson
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A forefather, predecessor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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noun
Meaning 4
the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: juror, juryman, jurywoman
Narrower terms: foreman, forewoman, forelady
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English fore- Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English foreperson From fore- + person.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: forperson — leader of a work crew
- German: Vorarbeiter — leader of a work crew
- German: Vorarbeiterin — leader of a work crew
- German: Polier — leader of a work crew
- German: Polierin — leader of a work crew
- Korean: 감독자 (gamdogja) — leader of a work crew
- Norwegian Bokmål: formann — leader of a work crew
- Norwegian Bokmål: forkvinne — leader of a work crew
- Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsformann — leader of a work crew
- Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsforkvinne — leader of a work crew
- Norwegian Nynorsk: formann — leader of a work crew
- Norwegian Nynorsk: forkvinne — leader of a work crew
- Norwegian Nynorsk: arbeidsformann — leader of a work crew
- Norwegian Nynorsk: arbeidsforkvinne — leader of a work crew
- Polish: majster — leader of a work crew
- Polish: kierownik budowy — leader of a work crew
- Polish: kierowniczka budowy — leader of a work crew
- German: Sprecher der Geschworenen — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
- German: Sprecherin der Geschworenen — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
- German: Vorsitzender und Sprecher der Jury — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
- German: Vorsitzende und Sprecherin der Jury — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
- Korean: 십장 (sibjang) — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
- Korean: 여자 십장 (yeoja sibjang) — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
- Korean: 감독자 c or c du (gamdogja) — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
- Norwegian Bokmål: juryformann — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
- Norwegian Bokmål: juryforkvinne — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
- Norwegian Nynorsk: juryformann — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
- Norwegian Nynorsk: juryforkvinne — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
- Polish: przewodniczący ławy przysięgłych — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
- Polish: przewodnicząca ławy przysięgłych — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf