noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/
General-American:/ˈd͡ʒʊɹɚ/
General-American:/ˈd͡ʒʊɹˌoɹ/
General-American:/ˈd͡ʒɝɚ/
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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