Noun: foreperson
| Singular | foreperson |
| Plural | forepersons; forepeople |
Sample Sentences
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The capsule was buried before the Free Genitals Act of 1990, so there was much memorabilia from our pioneering forepersons: Chief Justice Elaine Noble's gavel, a program from Lillian Tomlin's one woman performance of The Brothers Karamazov, and former Sgt. Leonard Matlovich's honorable discharge. [1976 December 25, Steve Blevins, “Tricentennial Journal”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 13:]
Nouns inflected like foreperson
tribesperson,
helmsperson,
Amishperson,
sportsperson,
cameraperson,
very important person,
handyperson,
tradesperson,
Frenchperson,
named person,
telesalesperson,
nurseryperson,
businessperson,
foreperson,
freedperson,
cochairperson,
paperperson,
yachtperson,
Earthperson,
gunperson, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English fore-
3. Latin persōna
4. Anglo-Norman persouneder.
5. Middle English persoun
6. English person
7. English foreperson
8. From fore- + person.