juryman

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈdʒʊrimən/ UK /ˈdʒʊərimən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a male member of a jury

Each juryman listened intently to the closing arguments.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a male member of a jury juror

Word family

Related forms jury jurywoman juror

Etymology

Compound of 'jury' + 'man'; 'jury' from Anglo-Norman 'juree', from Old French 'jurer' ('to swear'), from Latin 'iurare', from 'ius' ('law').

jurer Old French iurare Latin ius, iuris Latin

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# juryman

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdʒʊrimən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdʒʊərimən/

## Meanings
1. a male member of a jury

## Examples
- Each juryman listened intently to the closing arguments.

## Synonyms
- juror

## Related Forms
- jury
- jurywoman
- juror

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: jurer
- Root: iurare
- Root: ius, iuris

## Etymology
Compound of 'jury' + 'man'; 'jury' from Anglo-Norman 'juree', from Old French 'jurer' ('to swear'), from Latin 'iurare', from 'ius' ('law').

## AI Etymology
Juryman has the etymology: Compound of 'jury' + 'man'; 'jury' from Anglo-Norman 'juree', from Old French 'jurer' ('to swear'), from Latin 'iurare', from 'ius' ('law'). The etymological trail includes Old French jurer, Latin iurare, and Latin ius, iuris. As a noun, juryman means a male member of a jury. The same family is visible in related forms such as jury, jurywoman, and juror. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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