foreman
IPA: fˈɔrmʌn
noun
- (management) The leader of a work crew.
- (law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
- (US, historical) A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.
- A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was the manager of a farm.
- A community near Prince George, Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada.
- A small city in Little River County, Arkansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States.
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Examples of "foreman" in Sentences
- Their speed dazzles the foreman.
- Foreman approaches and finds him feverish.
- He also killed the son of the project's foreman.
- Foreman practiced law in the District of Columbia.
- Reilly strangled the foreman and completed the theft.
- By the end of the seventh round, Foreman was exhausted.
- The graffiti was left by both the foreman and his workers.
- The foreman was said to be on the run from the authorities.
- The foreman of the decorative painters was Emmerich Carstens.
- He was a foreman electrician and was active in the Electricians' Trade Union.