Juror Meaning
/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA member of a jury.
Sentence Examples
The twelfth juror is missing.
Ziri is a juror.
The selected juror sat quietly in the courtroom box.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ was chosen from the community to decide the verdict impartially.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Each ____ was asked several questions to ensure that they could be fair and impartial in the trial.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ was chosen from the community to decide the verdict impartially.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Each ____ was asked several questions to ensure that they could be fair and impartial in the trial.