fore·per·son

[fawr-pur-suhn, fohr-]
noun
a foreman or forewoman.

Origin:
fore(man) + -person


See -person.
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foreperson

noun
the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf 
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
As a member of the jury the foreperson has the same opportunity to express
  opinions as any other juror.
The court did not link the foreperson's lack of credibility with his failure to
  appear.
From the persons selected to serve as grand jurors, the court shall appoint a
  foreperson.
In some districts the judge selects the foreperson of the jury.
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