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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun foreman has 2 senses
- foreman(n = noun.person) boss, chief, gaffer, honcho - a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" has particulars: baas, ganger, assistant foreman, straw boss
- foreman(n = noun.person) Array - a man who is foreperson of a jury; Array is a kind of foreperson
is a kind of supervisor
Derived form noun foremanship1
Derived form noun foremanship1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
foreman, n. (pl. -men)
1 a worker with supervisory responsibilities.
2 the member of a jury who presides over its deliberations and speaks on its behalf.
1 a worker with supervisory responsibilities.
2 the member of a jury who presides over its deliberations and speaks on its behalf.
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foreman
Big Brother, auditor, boatswain, boss, chief, comptroller, controller, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, gaffer, ganger, grand-juror, head, headman, inspector, juror, jury chancellor, juryman, jurywoman, manager, monitor, noncommissioned officer, overman, overseer, petit-juror, petit-juryman, proctor, recognitor, sirdar, slave driver, straw boss, subforeman, super, superintendent, supervisor, surveyor, talesman, taskmaster, veniremen, visitorROGET THESAURUS
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Director
N director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, superintendent, supervisor, straw boss, intendant, overseer, overlooker, supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster, master, leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator, caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy, guiding star, adviser, guide, pilot, helmsman, steersman, steermate, wire-puller, driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer, coachman, carman, cabman, postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster, whipper in, head, head man, head center, boss, principal, president, speaker, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, captain, superior, mayor, vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch, officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat, man in office, Jack in office, office bearer, person in authority, statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger, Minos, Draco, arbiter, boss, political dictator, board, secretary, secretary of state, Reis Effendi, vicar, steward, factor, agent, bailiff, middleman, foreman, clerk of works, landreeve, factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier, proctor, procurator, ex officio.
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