Definitions of foreman [ˈfɔr mən, ˈfoʊr-]

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Definition of 'foreman'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) foreman
a person in charge of a department or group of workers, as in a factory.

2. foreman
the member of a jury who is selected to preside over and speak for all the jurors on the panel.

Etymology: (1175–1225; ME forman chief servant)

Definition of 'foreman'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss
a person who exercises control over workers
"if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

2. (noun) foreman
a man who is foreperson of a jury

Definition of 'foreman'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) foreman
the first or chief man

2. (noun) foreman
the chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker

3. (noun) foreman
the chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer

Translation of 'foreman'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the supervisor or leader of a group, especially of workmen or a jury The foreman here is in charge of twenty workmen.
Afrikaans: voorman	Arabic: رئيس أو ناظِر عُمّال	Bulgarian: председател на жури
Brazilian: capataz	Czech: mistr, dílovedoucí	German: der Vorarbeiter
Danish: værkfører; formand	Greek: επιστάτης	Spanish: capataz, presidente del j
Estonian: töödejuhataja, esimees	Farsi: رئیس؛ سرکارگر	Finnish: työnjohtaja
French: contremaître, contremaîtr	Hebrew: מְנַהֵל עֲבוֹדָה	Hindi: फोरमैन
Croatian: nadglednik, predradnik	Hungarian: művezető	Indonesian: mandor
Icelandic: verkstjóri	Italian: caposquadra; capo della g	Japanese: 職長
Korean: (공사, 공장 등의) 감독, 직장(職長), 작	Lithuanian: brigadininkas, meistras,	Latvian: meistars; priekšstrādniek
Malay: mandor	Dutch: voorman	Norwegian: (arbeids)formann, lagrett
Polish: kierownik, majster, przew	Persian: رئیس؛ سرکارگر	Pashto: مشر، دكار ګرو مشر
Portuguese: capataz	Romanian: şef de echipă; primul jur	Russian: прораб; старшина присяжны
Slovak: majster, -ka; predseda, -	Slovenian: delovodja; predsednik por	Serbian: poslovođa
Swedish: förman	Thai: หัวหน้าคนงาน	Turkish: usta başı
Taiwanese: 領班，工頭	Ukrainian: майстер; старшина присяжн	Urdu: نگرانی کی ذمہ داریوں کا ح
Vietnamese: đốc công	Chinese: 领班，工头
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