FOREMAN
\fˈɔːmən], \fˈɔːmən], \f_ˈɔː_m_ə_n]\
Definitions of FOREMAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
By Princeton University
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a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The first or chief man
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The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker.
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The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer.
By Oddity Software
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The first or chief man
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The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker.
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The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(pl. FOREMEN), The first or chief man: particularly, (a) the chief man of a jury who acts as their speaker, (b) the chief of a set of hands employed in a shop or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest: an overseer: a superintendent.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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