juror

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noun

A member of a jury.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounjuror (plural jurors)

plural jurors · alternative obsolete jurour

  1. lawA member of a jury.

    The jurors listened carefully while Eidem portrayed Fern Sankey as an archconspirator who drove her husband into crime and was intimately involved in all major details of Charlie Boettcher's abduction.

    2016, Timothy W. Bjorkman, Verne Sankey: America's First Public Enemy
    1 more example

    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'.

    2014, Michael Bloch, Jeremy Thorpe

    Synonyms: jurat, juryman, juryperson, jurywoman

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA member of a jury.

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Origin

  1. Latiniūrātor, iūrātōrem
  2. Old Frenchjureor
  3. Anglo-Normanjurour
  4. Middle Englishjurour
  5. Englishjuror

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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Translations

Ancient Greek δικαστής
  • δικαστής (dikastḗs)jury member
Arabic مُحَلَّف
  • مُحَلَّف (muḥallaf)jury member
Bulgarian съдебен заседател
  • съдебен заседател (sădeben zasedatel)jury member
Catalan jurat
  • juratjury member
Chinese Mandarin 陪審員 /陪审员
  • 陪審員 /陪审员 (péishěnyuán)jury member
Czech porotce, porotkyně
  • porotcejury member
  • porotkynějury member
Esperanto ĵuriano, ĵurianino
  • ĵurianojury member
  • ĵurianinojury member
Finnish lautamies
  • lautamiesjury member
French juré, jurée
  • juréjury member
  • juréejury member
German Geschworener, Juror
  • Geschworenerjury member
  • Jurorjury member
Greek ένορκος
  • ένορκος (énorkos)jury member
Hungarian esküdt
  • esküdtjury member
Icelandic kviðdómari, kviðdómandi
  • kviðdómarijury member
  • kviðdómandijury member
Italian giurato, giurata
  • giuratojury member
  • giuratajury member
Japanese 陪審員
  • 陪審員 (baishin'in)jury member
Korean 배심원
  • 배심원 (baesimwon)jury member
Latin iudex
  • iudexjury member
Malay ahli juri
  • ahli jurijury member
Māori mema hūri
  • mema hūrijury member
Polish juror, jurorka
  • jurorjury member
  • jurorkajury member
  • przysięgłyjury member
  • przysięgłajury member
  • ławnikjury member
  • ławniczkajury member
Portuguese jurado, jurada
  • juradojury member
  • juradajury member
Russian прися́жный, прися́жная
  • прися́жный (prisjážnyj)jury member
  • прися́жная (prisjážnaja)jury member
  • член жюри́ (člen žurí)jury member
Slovak porotca
  • porotcajury member
Spanish jurado, jurada
  • juradojury member
  • juradajury member
  • jurorjury member
  • juradorjury member
  • jurantejury member
Swedish juryledamot, jurymedlem
  • juryledamotjury member
  • jurymedlemjury member
Thai ลูกขุน
  • ลูกขุน (lûuk-kǔn)jury member
Ukrainian прися́жний, прися́жна
  • прися́жний (prysjážnyj)jury member
  • прися́жна (prysjážna)jury member
Vietnamese bồi thẩm, thẩm phán
  • bồi thẩmjury member
  • thẩm phánjury member

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

juror. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juror

MLA

“juror.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juror. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “juror,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juror.

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