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a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

An old fellow; an aged rustic.

A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.

An old fellow; an aged rustic.

A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.

(orig.) A word of respect applied to an old man, now expressive of familiarity or contempt.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] An old man; an aged rustic; a respectable and good old man;—a gossip;—the foreman or overseer in a workshop or manufactory.

A word of respect, now obsolete.