1.
[syn: foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss]
2. a man who is foreperson of a jury;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
foreman
n 1: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want
to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn:
foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss]
2: a man who is foreperson of a jury
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
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