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Definition of Forewoman
1. Noun. A woman who is foreperson of a jury.
2. Noun. A woman in charge of a group of workers.
Definition of Forewoman
1. n. A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.
Definition of Forewoman
1. Noun. A female foreman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forewoman
1. [n -WOMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forewoman
Literary usage of Forewoman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Privy Council (1905)
"Payne & Co., 52 WB 299, [1904] l KB 194, was that under the present practice the
paper bag was given for each operation by the forewoman, before it (the ..."
2. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Edward William Cox, Great BRitain Magistrates' cases (1907)
"[KB Div. removing the bag from under the scoop and report to the forewoman that
the weighing out was finished. Shortly afterwards—that is to say, ..."
3. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1907)
"(d) The girl who handed the scale down to the inspector was not called, but the
respondents' manager and forewoman were both called, and they described the ..."
4. Women's Work and Wages: A Phase of Life in an Industrial City by Edward Cadbury, M. Cécile Matheson, George Shann (1907)
"At the end of each month the cards with bad records are collected together, the
forewoman, and the girl concerned, appear before a director and the head ..."
5. Louise: Musical Romance in Four Acts and Seven Scenes by Gustave Charpentier (1907)
"forewoman (to Madeleine.) See the length of the sleeves. GERTRUDE. ... forewoman (to
Marguerite.) Please let her alone. APPRENTICE (to Suzanne. ..."
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