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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

배심원 대표

Pronunciation / Transliteration: baesimwon daepyo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Foreperson/ˈfɔːrˌpɜːrsən/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"배심원 대표가 평결을 낭독했습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The spokesperson or leader of a jury, responsible for delivering the verdict.

    "The foreperson read the unanimous guilty verdict to the quiet courtroom."
  2. 2

    A supervisor or leader of a group of workers in a factory, construction site, or trade.

    "The foreperson inspected the construction site before assigning tasks to the crew."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'fore-' (meaning in front or leading, from Old English) and 'person'. It evolved as a gender-neutral replacement for 'foreman' and 'forewoman', specifically denoting the designated leader or spokesperson of a jury.

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