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Forewoman   Listen
noun
Forewoman  n.  (pl. forewomen)  A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.





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"Forewoman" Quotes from Famous Books



... making a fortune; in two years she was another creature. In 1811 the peasant woman had become a very presentable, skilled, and intelligent forewoman. ...
— Poor Relations • Honore de Balzac
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... me she was obliged to go to her home, so I advertised for a forewoman. The next day I engaged a competent woman, Mrs. Sheek from Nevada. She brought her sewing machine and was well up in the ideas and ways of a shop. She saw right away I was new in the art, but she and I soon understood ...
— Sixty Years of California Song • Margaret Blake-Alverson
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... others. They were her slaves and they rejoiced in the bond that bound them. They knew that her body had no rest from morning until far into the hours of the night if one of her own needed care. The master could shift his responsibility to a trained foreman. No forewoman could take her place. To the whole scheme of life she gave strength and beauty. The beat of her heart made ...
— The Man in Gray • Thomas Dixon
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... of it," she declared. "What do you think the name of the forewoman at our place of business is?" She chattered on, and he listened attentively, as though the sound of her voice was all ...
— Love at Paddington • W. Pett Ridge
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Words linked to "Forewoman" :   foreperson, forelady


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