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forewoman

ˈfɔrwumən
WordNet
  1. (n) forewoman
    a woman in charge of a group of workers
  2. (n) forewoman
    a woman who is foreperson of a jury
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Forewoman
    A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) forewoman
    forewomen (-wim″en). The head woman in a workshop or of a department in a shop, etc. Compare foreman.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Forewoman
    fōr′woom-an a woman who oversees the employees in any shop or factory, a head-woman
Usage in the news

She talked with Sandy Wood, forewoman of the jury. pbs.org

Forewoman 's note shocks jury, ends Ford lawsuit. chron.com

The forewoman of the panel that cleared two in a road rage case hints that it weighed aggressive acts on both sides. sptimes.com

For the jury forewoman in the Tarpon Springs road rage trial, Wednesday was particularly draining. sptimes.com

Usage in literature

The forewoman was right: the sewing on of the spangles was inexcusably bad. "House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton

When trouble threatened in the workroom, it was to Mrs. McChesney that the forewoman came. "Emma McChesney & Co." by Edna Ferber

All of them were screaming the stupid, soul-sickening high note of terror, drowning the forewoman's voice. "The Valley of the Moon" by Jack London

She is our new forewoman; and she has it in her power to do all sorts of kind things for you. "After Dark" by Wilkie Collins

In 1811 the peasant woman had become a very presentable, skilled, and intelligent forewoman. "Cousin Betty" by Honore de Balzac

Duchette, the forewoman of a candy store on the nearest business avenue. "Round the Block" by John Bell Bouton

You no right to come here; you not my forewoman now. "The Alchemist's Secret" by Isabel Cecilia Williams

After Mrs. Bird had started me she was obliged to go to her home, so I advertised for a forewoman. "Sixty Years of California Song" by Margaret Blake-Alverson

The sempstresses-room looks exactly like a large milliner's shop, and here we found a forewoman with eighteen assistants at work. "Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443" by Various

Mademoiselle Victorine, the forewoman, and Mademoiselle Clemence, her chief assistant, were the only foreigners. "Fairy Fingers" by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie