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juror

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/
  • General-American: /ˈd͡ʒʊɹɚ/
  • General-American: /ˈd͡ʒʊɹˌoɹ/
  • General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɝɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʊəɹə(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -ʊəɹɔː(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -ɜːɹə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: JH UH1 R ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A member of a jury.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: juryman, jurywoman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: panelist, panellist

Narrower terms: foreperson, petit juror, petty juror

History

Etymology

From Middle English jurour, jurrour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman jurour and Old French jureor, from the verb jurer (“to swear”), or possibly from Latin iūrātor, iūrātōrem, whence the English doublet jurator.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُحَلَّف (muḥallaf) — jury member
  • Belarusian: прыся́жны (prysjážny) — jury member
  • Belarusian: прыся́жная (prysjážnaja) — jury member
  • Bulgarian: съдебен заседател (sǎdeben zasedatel) — jury member
  • Catalan: jurat — jury member
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陪審員 /陪审员 (péishěnyuán) — jury member
  • Czech: porotce — jury member
  • Czech: porotkyně — jury member
  • Esperanto: ĵuriano — jury member
  • Esperanto: ĵurianino — jury member
  • Finnish: lautamies — jury member
  • French: juré — jury member
  • French: jurée — jury member
  • Galician: xurado — jury member
  • Georgian: ნაფიცი მსაჯული (napici msaǯuli) — jury member
  • Georgian: ჟიურის წევრი (žiuris c̣evri) — jury member
  • German: Geschworener — jury member
  • German: Juror — jury member
  • Greek: ένορκος (énorkos) — jury member
  • Ancient Greek: δικαστής (dikastḗs) — jury member
  • Hungarian: esküdt — jury member
  • Icelandic: kviðdómari — jury member
  • Icelandic: kviðdómandi — jury member
  • Italian: giurato — jury member
  • Italian: giurata — jury member
  • Japanese: 陪審員 (baishin'in) — jury member
  • Korean: 배심원 (baesimwon) — jury member
  • Latin: iudex — jury member
  • Macedonian: поротник (porotnik) — jury member
  • Malay: ahli juri — jury member
  • Manx: dooinney bingagh — jury member
  • Māori: mema hūri — jury member
  • Marathi: ज्यूरी सदस्य (jyūrī sadasya) — jury member
  • Navajo: aahwiinítʼįįhjí dahnaháaztą́nígíí — jury member
  • Navajo: naakits’áadah dahnaháaztą́nígíí — jury member
  • Polish: juror — jury member
  • Polish: jurorka — jury member
  • Polish: przysięgły — jury member
  • Polish: przysięgła — jury member
  • Polish: ławnik — jury member
  • Polish: ławniczka — jury member
  • Portuguese: jurado — jury member
  • Portuguese: jurada — jury member
  • Russian: прися́жный (prisjážnyj) — jury member
  • Russian: прися́жная (prisjážnaja) — jury member
  • Russian: член жюри́ (člen žurí) — jury member
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀ротнӣк — jury member
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòrotnīk — jury member
  • Slovak: porotca — jury member
  • Slovene: porotnik — jury member
  • Slovene: porotnica — jury member
  • Spanish: jurado — jury member
  • Spanish: jurada — jury member
  • Spanish: juror — jury member
  • Spanish: jurador — jury member
  • Spanish: jurante — jury member
  • Swedish: juryledamot — jury member
  • Swedish: jurymedlem — jury member
  • Thai: ลูกขุน (lûuk-kǔn) — jury member
  • Ukrainian: прися́жний (prysjážnyj) — jury member
  • Ukrainian: прися́жна (prysjážna) — jury member
  • Vietnamese: bồi thẩm — jury member
  • Vietnamese: thẩm phán — jury member
Real reading context

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