foreman

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)mən

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) During the era of slavery in the United States, 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 (zh) Czech: předák (cs) m. Finnish: työnjohtaja (fi) French: chef, chef d'équipe, contremaitre (fr) m. Greek: εργοδηγός (el) (ergodigós) m. and f. Hungarian: művezető (hu) 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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