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foreman

Or supervisor worker in charge of a group of shop floor workers or junior staff (the worker in this position is usually known as a foreman in the manufacturing industry and a supervisor in the service industry). The foreman is part of the hierarchy of a business organization, passing down decisions from higher up the organization and giving feedback from those below.



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The foreman rose--a tall, bearded man of sixty, coarsely clad.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Sometimes the foreman gave me an afternoon off on Saturdays, and though the days were long the work was not always constant, and was never very severe.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
In the first he was quite right, and if my master had always been on the premises I do not think I should have been overloaded, but there was a foreman who was always hurrying and driving every one, and frequently when I had quite a full load he would order something else to be taken on.
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