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a person who is in charge of other workersor:
a juror in a court case who is selected by other jurors to head the jury
- She complained to the shop foreman.
foreman = a person who is in charge of other workers
or:
a juror in a court case who is selected by other jurors to head the jury
or:
a juror in a court case who is selected by other jurors to head the jury
- She was selected as foreman of the jury.
- if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman
- When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, "Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first."Matthew 20:8 (NIV)
- The foreman handed a piece of paper to Mr. Tate who handed it to the clerk who handed it to the judge....Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- 'Passengers are forbidden to cross the line on any pretence,' murmured the foreman, doubtfully.Edith Nesbit -- The Railway Children
- Listen to what a foreman has to tell you,Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- Franek, the foreman, one day noticed the gold-crowned tooth in my mouth.Elie Wiesel -- Night
- Foremen would cherry-pick the workers who looked like they would give the hardest day's work without complaining.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
- The foreman screamed that I was worthless, a worthless child, that I must go.Mitch Albom -- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- His father had been crushed by a slate fall about a dozen years back on a section where Dad was the foreman.Homer Hickam -- October Sky
- "Took you long enough," said Curly, the construction foreman.Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
- 5TH JUROR [to the FOREMAN, hesitantly]: Are we going to sit in order?Reginald Rose -- Twelve Angry Men
- ...the night foreman kept a close watch on his crew.Dalton Trumbo -- Johnny Got His Gun
- The foreman ... refused at first to hire us, saying I was too young, that it was too late in the day—most field workers got up at the first wink of dawn.Victor Martinez -- Parrot in the Oven
- Jurgis clung to his guide like a scared child to its nurse, and while the latter hailed one foreman after another to ask if they could use another unskilled man, he stared about him and marveled.Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle
- It was Curly, the sullen construction foreman.Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
- He did not add that he had paid three hundred dollars, and a foreman's job, for the satisfaction of knocking down "Phil" Connor a second time.Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle
- He's a foreman in Brown's or used to be.Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle
- Some of the foremen were union members, and many who were not had gone out with the men.Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle
foreman = juror selected by other jurors to head the jury
foreman = a person who is in charge of other workers
foreman = a person who is in charge of other workers
foreman = a person who is in charge of other workers
foremen = The overseer (a person who is in charge of other workers)
foreman = person in charge of the workers
foreman = a person who is in charge of other workers
foreman = someone who is in charge of other workers
foreman = a juror in a court case who is selected by other jurors to head the jury
foreman = a person who is in charge of other workers
foreman = a person who is in charge of other workers
foreman = someone who is in charge of other workers
foreman = a person who is in charge of other workers
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