English
Etymology
From fore- + -woman.
Noun
forewoman (plural forewomen)
- (management) A female leader of a work crew.
- Synonym: (archaic) foremistress
- Hypernym: foreperson
- Coordinate term: foreman
- (law) A female foreman of a jury.
Translations
female leader of a work crew
- Danish: forkvinde c
- Esperanto: laborestrino
- German: Vorarbeiterin (de) m, Polierin f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: forkvinne m or f, arbeidsforkvinne m or f
- Nynorsk: forkvinne f, arbeidsforkvinne f
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female foreman of a jury
- German: Sprecherin der Geschworenen f, Vorsitzende und Sprecherin der Jury f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: juryforkvinne m or f
- Nynorsk: juryforkvinne f
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