foreman

See also Foreman

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mən/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mən

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Noun

foreman (plural foremen)

1. (management) The leader of a work crew.
2. (law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
3. (historical, US, during the era of slavery) A black (slave) assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.

Derived terms

• foremanship

Translations

leader of a work crew

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工头 (cmn)

• Czech: předák (cs) m
• Finnish: työnjohtaja (fi)
• French: chef, chef d'équipe, contremaître (fr) m
• Greek: εργοδηγός (el) (ergodigós) m and f
• Hungarian: művezető (hu)
• Irish: maor (ga) m

• Italian: (at a construction site) caposquadra (it)
• Portuguese: capataz (pt)
• Russian: мастер (ru) (mást'er) m, бригадир (ru) (brigadír) m, прораб (ru) (proráb) m (at a consruction site), штейгер (ru) (štejg'er) m (at a mine)
• Scottish Gaelic: maor (gd) m, maor-obrach (gd) m
• Spanish: capataz (es) m
• Swedish: förman (sv) c, lagbas (sv) c

member of a jury

• Finnish: puheenjohtaja (fi)
• Manx: ard-ghooinney bingagh (gv) m

• Spanish: presidente del jurado

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