foreman
Syllables: fore·man/ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən/
foreman noun: the leader of a work crew.
Noun
foreman (plural foremen)
- The leader of a work crew.
- Since we’re getting too friendly, Ephraim Winslow, tell me, what’s a timber man want with being a wickie? Not enough quiet for ye up north? Sawdust itching yer nethers? Foreman found ye too high-tempered for carrying an axe?2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe), set in Maine, United States, during the 1890s with dialogue written to reflect the time period
- The boss or manager of a particular workplace or section of a workplace, particularly a factory.
- factory foreman
- The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
- A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.
Proper noun capitalized: Foreman
Foreman
- A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was the manager of a farm.
- A community near Prince George, Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada.
- A small city in Little River County, Arkansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States.
foreman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
foreman in Hindi
- फोरमैन, फ़ोरमैन
foreman in Tamil
- முகவர், முதலாள்
foreman in Urdu
- نگران
foreman in Bengali
- ফোরম্যান
More languagesFewer languages
- foreman in Telugu
- మేస్త్రి mēstri
- foreman in Malayalam
- തലവൻ, മേൽനോട്ടക്കാരൻ, മുമ്പൻ, തലയാൾ
- foreman in Kannada
- ಮೇಲ್ವಿಚಾರಕ ಕೆಲಸಗಾರ, ಮುಖ್ಯ ಕರ್ಮಚಾರಿ, ಮೇಲಾಳು, ಅಗ್ರಕಾರ್ಮಿಕ
- foreman in Punjabi
- ਫੋਰਮੈਨ, ਫ਼ੋਰਮੈਨ
- foreman in Gujarati
- ફોરમેન, ફોરમૅન
- foreman in Odia
- ଫୋରମ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍
- foreman in Arabic
- مُشْرِف mušrif, رَئِيس عُمَّال raʔīs ʕummāl, مُلَاحِظ mulāḥiẓ, وَهِين wahīn
- foreman in Thai
- หัวหน้างาน hǔua-nâa-ngaan, หัวงาน hǔua-ngaan
- foreman in Myanmar
- ဖိုမင် hpuimang
Examples of foreman in a sentence
- Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
- Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.
- Once the cane season was finished, he followed harvests as a packinghouse foreman.
Forms of foreman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | foremen |
| alternative form (obsolete) | forman |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Forman |
| alternative form | Fourman |
Origin of foreman
From Middle English foremon, forman. Compare West Frisian foarman, Dutch voorman, German Vormann, Danish formand, Swedish förman, Icelandic formaður. By surface analysis, fore- + man.
Words formed from foreman
Words that rhyme with foreman
Questions about foreman
- What does foreman mean?
- Foreman means the leader of a work crew.
- What is foreman in Hindi?
- Foreman in Hindi is फोरमैन, फ़ोरमैन. See Foreman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is foreman?
- Foreman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce foreman?
- Foreman is pronounced /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən/.
- What is the plural of foreman?
- The plural of foreman is foremen.
Words near foreman in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: foreman (page history and authors); Foreman (page history and authors); foreman (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foreman (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foreman (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); మేస్త్రి (Telugu) (page history and authors); foreman (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foreman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foreman (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreman (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foreman (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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