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foremen

[fawr-muhn, fohr-] Origin

fore·man

[fawr-muhn, fohr-]
noun, plural -men.
1.
a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
2.
the member of a jury selected to preside over and speak for all the jurors on the panel.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English forman chief servant, steward. See fore-, man1

fore·man·ship, noun
sub·fore·man, noun, plural -men.
sub·fore·man·ship, noun


See -man.

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Word Origin & History

foreman
1530s in the sense of "principal juror;" 1570s in the sense of "principal workman;" from fore + man. Earliest attested meaning (early 15c.) was "a leader."
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