Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

juror

/ˈd͡ʒʊɹɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: ju-ror
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʊɹɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a jury.

Example Sentences

"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'."
"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."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: jurour, jureor, iurator

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈd͡ʒʊɹɚ/
British English: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/

Inflected Forms

jurors (plural) jurour (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

cojuror nonjuror

Phrases

alternate juror grand juror

Synonyms

jurat juryman juryperson jurywoman

Rhymes With

insurer purer fuhrer surer reinsurer moorer procurer furor furore curer stirrer referrer

Questions

How do you pronounce juror?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒʊɹɚ/.
What does juror mean?: A member of a jury.
Where does juror come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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