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Definition: Foreman |
ForemanNoun1. A person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman". 2. A man who is foreperson of a jury. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "foreman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1678. (references) |
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Building & Civil Engineering | A member of the management in charge of a room, section, department or unit with authority to supervise the work of those composing the working force of the unit concerned. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | The head person; esp., the overseer of a group of workers.See also:mine foreman; boss. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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See also: Construction, Civil engineering
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Foreman is a city located in Little River County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,125.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Construction foreman."
Synonyms: ForemanSynonyms: boss (n), chief (n), gaffer (n), honcho (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Director | Secretary, secretary of state; Reis Effendi; vicar; (deputy); steward, factor; agent; bailiff, middleman; foreman, clerk of works; landreeve; factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier; proctor, procurator. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Foreman |
| English words defined with "foreman": foremanship, Foremen ♦ ganger ♦ Master workman. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "foreman": assistant mine foreman ♦ coal mining examinations ♦ Editor ♦ face boss, Fingers, FOREMAN OF THE JURY, foremanship training ♦ ground bos ♦ head flat trimmer ♦ mine captain, mine foreman ♦ pit boss, pit foreman, preparation boss ♦ rockman, rubbleman ♦ section boss, section foreman ♦ toolpusher. (references) |
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Screenplays | Hey Foreman, do you have any naked pictures of your Grandma (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) Looks like Shelley has a thing for Foreman. (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) Once again, an open bar spells disaster for the Foreman family (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) Yes, and Foreman has a thing for Shelley (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) | |
Lyrics | Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to (MY HOMETOWN; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Foreman Went to France (1942) Boss Foreman (1939) Foreman of Bar Z Ranch (1915) Sophie's New Foreman (1913) The Foreman of the Jury (1913) | |
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 | NRCS Hydrologist Laurel Foreman uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) and personal digital assistant (PDA) to record status of a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) filter strip planting in Cass County, Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | A summer student in 1984, Everett Foreman (left) became an engineer, returned to ARS, and now enjoys mentoring others. Here he shows Florida A&M's Cornelius Dunmore how to use a portable sound level meter. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
 | Inside a sound room, or anechoic chamber, Everett Foreman (left) and Florida A&M University student Cornelius Dunmore insert an insect detection device into another kind of portable, sound-insulated enclosure. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |  | Caption: Cobalt Search at Darby Mine, Open Cut in Vein No. 1, Looking East; G.H. Harris, Foreman, in Background; Canada; February, 1906; {06.050/3} (jpg). |
 | Civilian and Navy personnel at work in an office in the Main Navy or Munitions Building, April 1919 (note calendar on pillar at right). Two desks (to the left) have name tags, for Miss Maxwell and Miss Foreman. Credit: NAVY. |  | Maglioub, our foreman. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Ralph Lopez, foreman of a transparent box factory, tells Carmen Zapata how to operate a stamping machine / World Telegram & Sun p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Phil Stanziola.. |  | Foreman on sugar plantation, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. Owner and foreman of this small Midwest factory check final pieces of doll's metal furniture before the shop is given over entirely to war production. In foreground are tools and dies which made the. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Horace Foreman, Morse, Louisiana, his son is beating a bass(?) obligato on the fiddle strings with two sticks. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The foreman did not say a word, but handed him fifteen sous |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus and Aeacus, but is placable with an obolus; a severely virtuous censor, but so charitable withal that he tolerates the virtues of others and the vices of himself; who flings about him the splintering lightning and sturdy thunders of admonition till he resembles a bunch of firecrackers petulantly uttering his mind at the tail of a dog; then straightway murmurs a mild, melodious lay, soft as the cooing of a donkey intoning its prayer to the evening star. Master of mysteries and lord of law, high-pinnacled upon the throne of thought, his face suffused with the dim splendors of the Transfiguration, his legs intertwisted and his tongue a-cheek, the editor spills his will along the paper and cuts it off in lengths to suit. And at intervals from behind the veil of the temple is heard the voice of the foreman demanding three inches of wit and six lines of religious meditation, or bidding him turn off the wisdom and whack up some pathos. O, the Lord of Law on the Throne of Thought, A gilded impostor is he. Of shreds and patches his robes are wrought, His crown is brass, Himself an ass, And his power is fiddle-dee-dee. Prankily, crankily prating of naught, Silly old quilly old Monarch of Thought. Public opinion's camp-follower he, Thundering, blundering, plundering free. Affected, Ungracious, Suspected, Mendacious, Respected contemporaree! J.H. Bumbleshook |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Foreman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.31% of the time. "Foreman" is used about 426 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.31% | 389 | 14,231 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.69% | 37 | 56,631 |
| Total | 100.00% | 426 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "foreman" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Foreman | Last name | 12,000 | 976 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Foreman, AR (city, FIPS 24250) |
Expressions using "foreman": assistant foreman ♦ pressroom foreman. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "foreman": mine-foreman, under-foreman. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "foreman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | përgjegjës (accountable, answerable, boss, chief, corresponding, counsellor, curator, liable, manager, responsible, responsive, supervisor), kryetar i jurisë, kryepunëtor (gaffer). (various references) | |
Arabic | كبير العمال, رئيس المحلفين, رئيس العمال (headman). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | майстор (artificer, artisan, artist, craftsman, dab, hand, master, swell, workman), бригадир (ganger, overman), председател на съдебно жури. (various references) | |
Chinese | 工 , 工头 (Foremen, ganger). (various references) | |
Czech | předák (chief, gang boss, headman, headsman), mistr (champion, master). (various references) | |
Danish | formand (chair, Chairman, chairperson, chairwoman, overseer, President), vaerkfoerer, værkfører (Craftsman, overseer), Tekniker (chartist, technical analyst, technician), moellermester. (various references) | |
Dutch | werkmeester, Ploegbaas (whip), opzichter van het werkplaatspersoneel (overseer), opzichter van het personeel der werkplaats (overseer), molenconducteur, meesterknecht (overseer), meestergast, leider van een werkplaats (overseer), chef (boss, chef, chief, leader, superior), baas malerij. (various references) | |
Finnish | faktori (factor), työnjohtaja (boss, overseer), päällysmies (boss), esimies (chief, principal, superior). (various references) | |
French | Chef d'équipe (forewoman). (various references) | |
German | vorarbeiter (assistant foreman, charge hand, foremen, gaffer, overseer), meister (adept, boss, Buster, champion, chief, Lord, Mac, maestro, master, masters, showman). (various references) | |
Greek | μυλωνάς (miller), προϊστάμενοσ (chief, provost, shop walker), εργοδηγός γενικά, εργοδηγός (master, system manager), επιστάτησ (caretaker, custodian, gaffer, janitor, steward, stewardess, superintendent, supervisor), αρχιεργάτησ (gaffer), Eπικεφαλής ομάδας. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מש'יח (caretaker, curator, inspector, monitor, overseer, superintendent, supervisor, tender, tutelary), מ "ל עבו"" (taskmaster), ראש "מושבעים. (various references) | |
Hungarian | pallér (clerk of works), munkafelügyelõ (taskmaster, time-keeper), mûvezetõ (butty, overseer), művezető (boss, overseer), esküdtszék elnöke, előmunkás (head workman, headman, headmen), csoportvezető (gang boss), brigádvezető (gang boss, ganger). (various references) | |
Italian | Caposquadra (overman). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 職長 , フェルミ'子 (a walk, fall, fault, fault-tolerance, fauvisme, fellowship, fence, fencing, fender, Fermi particle, ferret, ferro-alloy, foam, foam rubber, focus, Fodor, fog, fog lamp, fog light, foie gras, folder, folk, folk art, folk dance, folk song, folklore, follow, follow wind, follow-through, followup, follow-up, fondue, font, force, force-out, ford, fore, forecast, foreground, forehand, forge, fork, fork ball, forklift, forklore, form, formal, formal dress, formal wear, formalism, format, formation, formatter, formatting, form-feed, formula car, formula plan, formula translation, forte, FORTRAN, fortune, forum, forward, forward pass, forwarding, fossa magna, foster child, foster parent, four nines, fox-trot, Fuji, Fuji-TV, pheromone, phone, phonograph, photo, photo library, photo realism, photo story, photo studio, photochromic glass, photocoupler, photodiode, photogenic, photogenie, photograph, photographer, photography, photogravure, photoresist, phototransistor, Volkswagen, VW). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | フォアマン , しょくちょう. (various references) | |
Korean | 감독 (Foremen, Overlooker, Oversight, supervising, supervision, supervisory). (various references) | |
Manx | furriman, ard-ghooinney bingagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oremanfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | feitor (land-agent), técnico de moagem, presidente de jurados, patrão (boss, compere, employer, gentleman, lord, master, Mister, Mr., overlord, patron, sir), moleiro (cheektooth, grinder, grinding machine), mestre de obras, maioral, encarregado geral, encarregado (commissionaire, commissioner, messenger, tender), contramestre (forewoman, overlooker, overman, quartermaster, supervisor), chefe de tipografia, chefe de oficina (superintendent), Chefe de equipa, capataz (captain, gaffer, ganger, gangsman, keeper, overman, taskmaster). (various references) | |
Romanian | supraveghetor (banksman, keeper, overseer, superintendent, supervisor, taskmaster), primul jurat, maistru, contramaistru (gauger), şef de atelier (master's mate), şef (boss, cap, captain, chairman, chief, chieftain, governor, great gun, head, header, headman, leader, manager, master, president, principal, ringleader, superior). (various references) | |
Russian | мастер;бригадир (foremen), мастер (artisan, cobbler, craftsman, craftsmen, master, monumental mason, nailer, overseer, steamfitter), прораб, десятник (gaffer, ganger, gangsman, overman). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nadzornik (driver, floor walker, floorwalker, gaffer, ganger, overlooker, overman, steward, supervisor, surveyor, viewer, warden). (various references) | |
Spanish | capataz (gaffer, ganger, overseer, taskmaster). (various references) | |
Swedish | förman (boss, gaffer, headman, overman, overseer, superior, supervisor), arbetsbas. (various references) | |
Turkish | ustabaşı (captain, headman, headworker, hurrier, journeyman, master builder, overman), kolbaşı, jüri sözcüsü. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | майстер (artiste, craftsman, deacon, master, nailer, overman, overseer, stunner, workman). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | quản đốc (intendant, manager). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ugula. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | decurio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "foreman": foremanship, foremanships. (additional references) | |
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"Foreman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Booreman, Boreman, Cordesman, Faergeman, Farberman, Fearman, Ferelman, Fertman, Fonenau, foramin, forea, foreamen, forema, Foremanii, foremans, foremant, foremens, formans, Formeau, Forryan, Forsman, Fourman, frean, freman, Fremin, Freymann, Frohman, froman, Lorexane, Odreman, Oreamuno, Rorsman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "foreman" (pronounced fô"rmun) |
| 6 | f ô" r m u n | foremen. |
| 5 | -ô" r m u n | corpsman, longshoremen. |
| 4 | -r m u n | fireman, firemen, airman, barman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, chairman, cochairman, Spearman, wireman. |
| 3 | -m u n | famine, ferryman, Firman, abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, cattlemen, Cayman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, footman, foramen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: foramen. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-m-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: enamor, femora, foamer, foeman, moaner. | |
-2 letters: afore, enorm, foram, forme, frame, frena, manor, morae, namer, ramen, reman, roman. | |
-3 letters: aeon, aero, amen, earn, fame, fane, fano, fare, farm, faro, fear, fern, foam, fora, fore, form, frae, froe, from, mane, mano, mare, mean, meno, moan, mora, more, morn, name, near, nema, noma, nome, norm. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-m-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: foramens, forename. | |
+2 letters: forenamed, forenames, forewoman, nonfarmer. | |
+3 letters: antireform, forearming, foretopman, formalness, freedwoman, nonfarmers. | |
+4 letters: confirmable, conformable, conformance, craftswomen, deformation, ferromagnet, fisherwoman, foraminifer, foremanship, freemasonry, infomercial, informative, microfaunae, performance, reformation, retransform, transformed, transformer. | |
+5 letters: amentiferous, conformances, deformations, fearsomeness, fermentation, ferromagnets, foraminifera, foraminifers, foremanships, formalnesses, frontiersman, infomercials, midafternoon, neurofibroma, performances, preformation, reformations, reformatting, retransforms, terraforming, transformers, unformulated. | |
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