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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a person who exercises control over workers;
- Example: "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
[syn: foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss]

2. a man who is foreperson of a jury;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Foreman \Fore"man\, n.; pl. Foremen. The first or chief man; as: (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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

foreman n 1: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss] 2: a man who is foreperson of a jury
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "foreman": Big Brother, auditor, boatswain, boss, chief, comptroller, controller, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, gaffer, ganger, grand-juror, head, headman, inspector, juror, jury chancellor, juryman, jurywoman, manager, monitor, noncommissioned officer, overman, overseer, petit-juror, petit-juryman, proctor, recognitor, sirdar, slave driver, straw boss, subforeman, super, superintendent, supervisor, surveyor, talesman, taskmaster, veniremen, visitor
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Foreman, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas Population (2000): 1125 Housing Units (2000): 566 Land area (2000): 1.960876 sq. miles (5.078645 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.010488 sq. miles (0.027163 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.971364 sq. miles (5.105808 sq. km) FIPS code: 24250 Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05 Location: 33.721213 N, 94.396888 W ZIP Codes (1990): 71836 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Foreman, AR Foreman