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Foreperson

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A leader of a work crew.
  2. 2
    the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf wordnet
  3. 3
    The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
  4. 4
    A forefather, predecessor. uncommon

    "The capsule was buried before the Free Genitals Act of 1990, so there was much memorabilia from our pioneering forepersons: Chief Justice Elaine Noble's gavel, a program from Lillian Tomlin's one woman performance of The Brothers Karamazov, and former Sgt. Leonard Matlovich's honorable discharge."

Etymology

From fore- + person.

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