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forelady

[ fawr-ley-dee, fohr- ]

noun

, plural fore·la·dies.
  1. a forewoman.


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Sensitive Note

See lady.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of forelady1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; fore- + lady

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Example Sentences

If you don't they'll get down on you, sure's pussy's a cat; and then they'll make it hot for you with complaining to the forelady.

The whim of a foreman or forelady, a day's sickness, a slackening in the trade, and she might be thrown out on the street.

And it was worth climbing five flights to have Miss Cross for a forelady.

Sooner or later I must run into a disagreeable forelady, for the experience.

Nor was the laughter the giggling kind, indulged in when the forelady was not looking.

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