Forewoman

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  • noun. A woman who serves as the leader of a work crew, as in a factory.
  • noun. A woman who chairs and speaks for a jury.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. forewomen (-wim″en). The head woman in a workshop or of a department in a shop, etc. Compare foreman.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A female foreman.
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  • noun. a woman who is foreperson of a jury
  • noun. a woman in charge of a group of workers
  • Word Usage
    "Their forewoman was the daughter of a rich farmer at Donnemarie, burdened with nine children, to whom he had endeavored to give a good start in life, being aware that at his death his property, divided into nine parts, would be but little for any one of them."
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