Foreman

Word FOREMAN
Character 7
Hyphenation fore man
Pronunciations /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mən/

Definitions and meanings of "Foreman"

What do we mean by foreman?

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. noun

To direct or oversee as a foreman.

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. 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. 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. noun

A person who exercises control over workers noun

A man who is foreperson of a jury noun

The leader of a work crew.

The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.

(during the era of slavery) A black (slave) assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Foreman

The word "foreman" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (1887)

The crew's foreman is a player recovering from drug addiction after having been suspended from baseball — Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton. ❋ Unknown (2008)

 Even when he calls the foreman names and walks off the job, they always take him back because he will go where no one else will. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When I asked about why there were so few workers, A CVA official showing us the farm explained that the idea is to create primary production units where there is no organized peasant group and he called the foreman to attention ordering an end to domino sessions and strict compliance with the agreed timetable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Juror #12 and foreman is the actual perpetrator of the crime you stand accused of and isn't in the mood to confess." ❋ Unknown (2006)

When they were up and going strong, he called his foreman and gave an order that made the foreman think that David Burpee had gone crazy. ❋ Stuart R. Levine (1993)

"Either I knock off and eat," said Astro confidently, "or I call the foreman and you talk to Lactu." ❋ Carey Rockwell (N/A)

I called the foreman, and said, "Mr. Chapin, please to set this up and pull half-a-dozen proofs." ❋ Charles Godfrey Leland (1863)

It was reported and repeated and printed and everybody heard it, saw and I recorded it and I’ll make you all a tape and send it to you, a foreman from the mine made two cell phone calls to his wife and to a friend inside the church and that did it. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The following morning she called the foreman to one side and said, “I’m really pleased with the way the front lawn was left last night; it is nice and clean and does not offend the neighbors.” ❋ Dale Carnegie (1981)

I am what is known as a foreman, which means I’m in charge. ❋ Janet Dailey (1981)

Then they find strange text embossed into some of the pieces and decide to call the foreman to see what he thinks? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Take the 1920 court case Knocks v. Metal Package Corp., in which the New York Supreme Court ruled that a worker, blinded in one eye from a beating at the hands of his shop foreman, had no grounds to sue his employer for damages: "In our case the claimant called his foreman a 'liar,'" the court noted, "and thereby drew down upon himself precisely that which he should have expected." ❋ Unknown (2009)

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