"foreperson" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: forepersons [plural], forepeople [plural]
Etymology: fore- + person Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|person}} fore- + person Head templates: {{en-noun|s|forepeople}} foreperson (plural forepersons or forepeople)
  1. (management) A leader of a work crew. Categories (topical): Management Translations (leader of a work crew): forperson [common-gender] (Danish), Vorarbeiter [masculine] (German), Vorarbeiterin [masculine] (German), Polier [masculine] (German), Polierin [feminine] (German), formann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forkvinne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), arbeidsformann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), arbeidsforkvinne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), formann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), forkvinne [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), arbeidsformann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), arbeidsforkvinne [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-foreperson-en-noun-gra4kskM Topics: management Disambiguation of 'leader of a work crew': 100 0
  2. (law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf. Categories (topical): Law, People Translations (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf): Sprecher der Geschworenen [masculine] (German), Sprecherin der Geschworenen [feminine] (German), Vorsitzender und Sprecher der Jury [masculine] (German), Vorsitzende und Sprecherin der Jury [feminine] (German), juryformann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), juryforkvinne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), juryformann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), juryforkvinne [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-foreperson-en-noun-NH4e9jdy Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 20 80 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: work foreman [management], work foreperson, work forewoman, foreman [law], forewoman, head juror, jury foreman, jury foreperson, jury forewoman, presiding juror

Inflected forms

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