jurywoman

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈdʒʊriˌwʊmən/ UK /ˈdʒʊəriˌwʊmən/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
a female member of a jury

One jurywoman asked the judge to clarify the charge.

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1 noun · a female member of a jury juror

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Related forms jury juryman juror

Etymology

Compound of 'jury' + 'woman'; '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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# jurywoman

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈdʒʊriˌwʊmən
**IPA (UK):** ˈdʒʊəriˌwʊmən

## Meanings
1. a female member of a jury

## Examples
- One jurywoman asked the judge to clarify the charge.

## Synonyms
- juror

## Related Forms
- jury
- juryman
- juror

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

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

## AI Etymology
Jurywoman has the etymology: Compound of 'jury' + 'woman'; '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, jurywoman means a female member of a jury. The same family is visible in related forms such as jury, juryman, 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.

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- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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