Juror

/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a jury.

    "While unfailingly courteous to the jury, he could be quite sharp with counsel and witnesses, and rattle his sabre at the press: his first reported words in the case were that any journalist thinking of interviewing a juror 'had better bring a toothbrush'."

  2. 2
    someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury wordnet

Example

More examples

"On Tuesday, a third alternate juror, a white man who said he works as an accountant, was the last person chosen over a two-week period to try the case."

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.

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