Foreman

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Foreman, AR (city, FIPS 24250)
    Location: 33.71733 N, 94.39755 W
    Population (1990): 1267 (573 housing units)
    Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 71836

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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