foreman

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person in charge of a group of workers, especially in a factory or on a building site.

   If you want to leave early, you have to ask the foreman.

2. 2
   noun

   The member of a jury who leads it and speaks for it.

   The jury foreman read out the verdict.

Common collocations

• assistant foreman Noun + noun

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

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