foreman

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who exercises control over workers

   if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman

2. 2
   noun

   The leader of a work crew.

   Since we’re getting too friendly, Ephraim Winslow, tell me, what’s a timber man want with being a wickie? Not enough quiet for ye up north? Sawdust itching yer nethers? Foreman found ye too high-tempered for carrying an axe?

3. 3
   noun

   a man who is foreperson of a jury

4. 4
   noun

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

5. 5
   noun

   A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.

6. 6
   name

   A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was the manager of a farm.

7. 7
   name

   A community near Prince George, Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada.

8. 8
   name

   A small city in Little River County, Arkansas, United States.

Etymology

From Middle English foremon, forman. Compare West Frisian foarman, Dutch voorman, German Vormann, Danish formand, Swedish förman, Icelandic formaður. By surface analysis, fore- + man.