Forewoman

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. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)

The equivalent of a sergeant is a "forewoman," and there are quartermistresses in charge of stores. ❋ Helen Fraser (N/A)

The girls spin on; a kind of forewoman, Mary, upbraids Senta with idling and staring at the picture and dreaming away her life -- for the girl is quite open about her sympathy with the accursed seafaring man. ❋ John F. Runciman (1891)

Kaidi is a ma'aziba, which translates as "forewoman" in the regional dialect. ❋ Unknown (2010)

March! "again called the forewoman, with the coolness a veteran fireman might have envied. ❋ Laura Lee Hope (N/A)

The girls spin on; a kind of forewoman, Mary, upbraids Senta with idling and staring at the picture and dreaming away her life ” for the girl is quite open about her sympathy with the accursed seafaring man. ❋ Runciman, John F (1913)

Madison has hard water, and treatment plant forewoman Connie Silva said she has been looking forward to getting Lewis & Clark water. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The women at the boards near to her scrambled, first, to the hot iron to save the cloth, and then to her, while the forewoman hurried belligerently down the aisle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

No bullying nor entreating of the forewoman could persuade the women to return to work. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The tireless, vigilant forewoman kept a sharp lookout for incipient hysteria, and once led a narrow-chested, stoop-shouldered young thing out of the place in time to prevent a collapse. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And thereafter, for a long time, the many irons rose and fell, the pace of the room in no wise diminished; while the forewoman strode the aisles with a threatening eye for incipient breakdown and hysteria. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Espy celebrated as the jury forewoman broadcasted the verdicts in U.S. District Court. ❋ Ed.D. Matthew Lynch (2011)

But Rosemary Lehmberg, the Travis district attorney who oversaw the prosecution, rejected this characterization, as did lead prosecutor Gary Cobb, the forewoman of the jury and several campaign finance experts who have criticized DeLay. ❋ R. Jeffrey Smith (2010)

“We have, Your Honor,” the forewoman answered in a strong voice, rising from the seat in the jury box closest to the judge. ❋ Stephen Frey (2009)

At the close of a Baltimore trial two years ago, jurors were so frightened of the defendants and of gang members in the gallery that the forewoman refused to read the guilty verdict aloud; so did another juror asked to do so by the judge. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Astor trial took a bizarre twist Tuesday when it was revealed the jury forewoman was attacked by a loon wielding an 8-inch knife on ... ❋ Unknown (2009)