foreman

plural foremen · alternative obsolete forman

1. A workplace leader.
   1. managementThe leader of a work crew.

      Since we’re getting too friendly, Ephraim Winslow, tell me, what’s a timber man want with being a wickie? Not enough quiet for ye up north? Sawdust itching yer nethers? Foreman found ye too high-tempered for carrying an axe?

      2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe), set in Maine, United States, during the 1890s with dialogue written to reflect the time period

   2. managementThe boss or manager of a particular workplace or section of a workplace, particularly a factory.

      factory foreman

2. lawThe member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
3. UShistoricalA slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.

alternative Forman · alternative Fourman

1. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was the manager of a farm.
2. A community near Prince George, Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada.
3. A small city in Little River County, Arkansas, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States.