juror
pronunciation
How to pronounce juror in British English:
UK [ˈdʒʊərə(r)]
How to pronounce juror in American English:
US [ˈdʒʊrə(r)]
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- Noun:
- someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury
Word Origin
- juror (n.)
- c. 1300 (attested from late 12c. in Anglo-Latin), from Anglo-French jurour (late 13c.; Old French jureor), from Latin iuratorem (nominative iurator) "swearer," agent noun from iurare "to swear" (see jury (n.)).
Example
- 1. An elderly man wearing a juror badge also was wheeled out of the courthouse .
- 2. Lawyers for either side could use issues such as juror confusion as potential ammunition to dispute the verdict .
- 3. One brave juror phoned russia 's main surviving independent radio station to say that this was a lie .
- 4. If each member of a jury has only partial information , the majority decision is more likely to be correct than a decision arrived at by an individual juror .
- 5. Zagel in may ruled that juror names would stay out of the public out of concern that bloggers and others would try to contact jurors during the trial .