Foreman

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  • noun. A man who serves as the leader of a work crew, as in a factory.
  • noun. A man who chairs and speaks for a jury.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To direct or oversee as a foreman.
  • noun. The first or chief man, or leader; one who is appointed to preside over a number of others.
  • noun. Specifically— The chief man of a jury, who acts as the spokesman.
  • noun. The chief or superintendent of a set of operatives or work-people employed in a shop or on work of any kind; an overseer of work: as, the foreman of a composing-room in a printing-office.
  • noun. An ancestor.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker.
  • noun. The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The leader of a work crew.
  • noun. The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
  • noun. A black (slave) assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person who exercises control over workers
  • noun. a man who is foreperson of a jury
  • Word Usage
    "They are men usually employed at the public works, and their foreman is a man of great ability and energy, so that after five days 'work a neat erection stands a little way to the left of our house."
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