- 1a male worker who is in charge of a group of other factory or building workers He got a job as foreman of a building site. Wordfinderfactoryassembly line, capacity, factory, foreman, plant, process, production, shift, shop floor, workforce See related entries: Manufacturing, People in construction
- 2a man who acts as the leader of a jury in court note at gender Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps suggested by Dutch voorman (compare with German Vormann).
foreman
nounBrE BrE//ˈfɔːmən//; NAmE NAmE//ˈfɔːrmən//
(pl. foremen BrE BrE//ˈfɔːmən//; NAmE NAmE//ˈfɔːrmən//
) Manufacturing, People in constructionCheck pronunciation: foreman
