juror
Americannoun
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one of a group of persons sworn to deliver a verdict in a case submitted to them; member of a jury.
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one of the panel from which a jury is selected.
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one of a group of people who judge a competition.
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a person who has taken an oath or sworn allegiance.
noun
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a member of a jury
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a person whose name is included on a panel from which a jury is selected
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a person who takes an oath
Etymology
Origin of juror
1250–1300; Middle English jurour < Anglo-French (compare Old French jureur ), equivalent to Old French jur ( er ) to swear (< Latin jūrāre ) + -our -or 2
Explanation
Anyone who's a member of a jury in a court of law is called a juror. When you serve as a juror, you're part of a group that hears evidence in a trial and gives a verdict. When someone gets called for jury duty, it's an opportunity to be a juror for a trial. A juror is typically one of twelve people who swear to make an impartial, unbiased decision based on legal evidence. The jurors must come to a unanimous agreement about their verdict after all evidence is presented, generally either "guilty" or "not guilty." The Latin root is iuratorem, or "swearer," from iurare, "to swear."
Example Sentences
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Toward the end of the Florida opioid deliberations, Juror No. 9, the nurse, wrote the judge a note titled “Confidential Formal Statement of Juror Misconduct.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Most of the remaining jurors were unaware of the note’s contents, and mistakenly believed that Juror No. 9 had been removed for the slideshow presentation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
The 31-year-old actor who recently starred in Nosferatu and Juror #2 feels confident that this version of Superman will buck the trend of failed reboots.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
Those facts helped sway the high court that Juror 5’s concerns were genuine and his removal improper.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025
A Juror: We stand eleven for conviction, and one opposed.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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