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chargehand

chargehand noun: a person who is in charge of a small group of workers; a lesser foreman.

Noun

chargehand (plural chargehands)

  1. (UK) A person who is in charge of a small group of workers; a lesser foreman.
    • The most surprising thing was to discover that each job had its little tricks, peculiarities that had been learned in the experience of years, and one of the really pleasing features was the unlimited patience and kindliness of the chargehands and fitters, who would go to great lengths to teach the...1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283

chargehand meaning in Tamil

chargehand in Tamil

பொறுப்பாளர்

Forms of chargehand

pluralchargehands

Origin of chargehand

From charge + hand.

Questions about chargehand

What does chargehand mean?
Chargehand means a person who is in charge of a small group of workers; a lesser foreman.
What is chargehand in Tamil?
Chargehand in Tamil is பொறுப்பாளர். See Chargehand meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chargehand?
Chargehand is a noun.
What is the plural of chargehand?
The plural of chargehand is chargehands.

Words near chargehand in the dictionary

  1. chargedness
  2. chargedst
  3. chargee
  4. chargees
  5. chargeful
  6. chargehand
  7. chargehands
  8. chargeholder
  9. chargehouse
  10. chargeless
  11. chargelessness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chargehand (page history and authors); chargehand (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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