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.