: a first or chief person: such as
a
: a member of a jury who acts as chairman and spokesman
b(1)
: a chief and often specially trained worker who works with and usually leads a gang or crew
(2)
: a person in charge of a group of workers, a particular operation, or a section of a plant
Synonyms
Examples of foreman in a Sentence
asked the shift foreman if he could take a break
Recent Examples on the Web
Her father, Irvin, was a mechanical foreman on an oil pipeline, a job that required him to move his family around the state and eventually to Springfield, Mo.
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Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
About three or four of the Brawner Builders crew members had welcomed babies within the last year, according to Earl Schneider, a structural foreman with the company.
—NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Daniel Zavala-Soto is a foreman with a construction company, a visual artist and the founder of Stein’s Hollow Art Gallery.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
The courtroom was silent as the jury foreman, a grandfather of three who grew up around guns in the Upper Peninsula and works for a trash company, stood to announce the verdicts.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
Their father worked as a foreman in a steel plant while their mother was a stay-at-home-mom, according to The New York Times.
—Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
In general, participants were assigned to small work crews (10 workers or fewer), with a supervisor who served as foreman and counselor.
—Michael Bernick, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Ever looming is the troupe’s threatening foreman (Wade McCollum).
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
The jurors have not been named publicly, and the foreman spoke on condition of anonymity to protect his privacy.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2024
Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
About three or four of the Brawner Builders crew members had welcomed babies within the last year, according to Earl Schneider, a structural foreman with the company.
—NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Daniel Zavala-Soto is a foreman with a construction company, a visual artist and the founder of Stein’s Hollow Art Gallery.
—Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
The courtroom was silent as the jury foreman, a grandfather of three who grew up around guns in the Upper Peninsula and works for a trash company, stood to announce the verdicts.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
Their father worked as a foreman in a steel plant while their mother was a stay-at-home-mom, according to The New York Times.
—Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
In general, participants were assigned to small work crews (10 workers or fewer), with a supervisor who served as foreman and counselor.
—Michael Bernick, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Ever looming is the troupe’s threatening foreman (Wade McCollum).
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
The jurors have not been named publicly, and the foreman spoke on condition of anonymity to protect his privacy.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2024
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foreman
noun
fore·man
ˈfōr-mən 
ˈfȯr-
1
: a member of a jury who is the leader
2
: a person in charge of a group of workers
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