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foreman | American Dictionary

foreman
noun[ C ]
us/ˈfɔr·mən, ˈfoʊr-/plural-menus/ˈfɔr·mən, ˈfoʊr-/
a skilled person who is in charge of a group of workers:
After four years on the job, he was promoted to foreman.
law In a court of law, the foreman on the jury is the person who is in charge of and speaks for the jury.

foreman | Business English

foreman
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈfɔːmən/uspluralforemen
HR, WORKPLACE
someone in charge of a group of workers:
a construction/factory/mine foremanThe mine foreman was responsible for conducting a pre-shift examination of the mine.
LAW
in a court of law, a member of the jury who is chosen to be in charge of the jury's discussions and to speak officially for them:
The jury foreman read the verdict - reached Friday after 15 hours of deliberation - in a Macomb County courtroom.

Examples of foreman

foreman
The working-class ' aristocracy ' and foremen were, however, paid on a weekly or monthly basis.
Similarly, though foremen and technicians exercise some control over their colleagues, they are in turn subject to control by managers.
She attributes this to prejudice, which was allowed to operate because of the relative autonomy afforded to factory managers and foremen.
Migrants with longer experience and better language skills helped newcomers in their dealings with foremen, employers, doctors and the police.
The largest reductions occur among foremen (down from 1.57 to 1.03) and working class (down from 1.41 to 0.76).
Mtisi shows that while the rights of workers have improved since independence, the continuing arbitrary power of the estate's foremen has meant that little has changed in the production process.
Before them, and profiting from their work, were the foremen, the campsite chiefs, the permisionarios (national contractors), the international contractors, and the chewing gum brokers working for transnational companies.
Now contractors used foremen who stressed worker productivity rather than craftsmen's former, more self-directed concern for the quality of their work environment, but otherwise change was moderate.
I have seen strange requests carried out by workers at the behest of their foremen and supervisors.
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