An overseer of workmen. In modern use, the ‘underlooker’ of a colliery, ‘who receives his orders from the manager, and to whom the overmen and…

One who has the oversight or superintendence of a person or thing; an overseer, supervisor. gen. (also figurative)

A person who has charge of or responsibility for a business, institution, department, etc.; an overseer; a person who directs or oversees a task…

A person whose business it is to superintend; an overseer.

A master workman; an overseer or employer of workers.

A person who oversees the work or conduct of another or others; (now) esp. a person directly in charge of an employee or workforce; (sometimes) a…

The principal workman; spec., one who has charge of a department of work. foreman of the yard: one who superintends the gangers. working foreman…

In general sense. A person who superintends someone or something; an official in charge of an activity, group, or organization; an overseer…

Chiefly British. A foreman or supervisor in a mine or colliery. Cf. oversman, n. 2b.

A man placed in charge of other workers, labourers, etc., esp. on a farm; a foreman, an overseer; a senior subordinate. Now regional.

A person who oversees others; a supervisor, a superintendent; a person in charge of a job or workforce.

(a) the leader or foreman of a gang of workers or labourers (now rare); (b) the head of a criminal or street gang.

a person who organizes and oversees the work of manual labourers, esp. a subcontractor supplying casual labour.

A master-workman, a foreman; (also) a skilled workman, such as a cook, a tailor, etc.

A person who oversees (and sometimes also assembles) a gang of labourers; a foreman.

An overseer or headman of a gang of local labourers in Sri Lanka, southern India, and Malaya.

In Spanish-speaking countries: a headman of a ranch or farm; a foreman or overseer of a group of labourers.

A member of a gang of workers or labourers; (also) a foreman or overseer of such a gang (= gangsman, n. 2). Now chiefly Indian English: a member of…

A person who oversees (and sometimes also assembles) a gang of workers; = gangsman, n. 2. Also: a member of a work-gang.

The foreman or overman of a gang of workmen; a headman.

(a) = gang leader n. (a); (b) = gang leader n. (b).

U.S. (originally regional (western)). A foreman, a manager; a person in charge.

the leader of a working squad; also, a workman who controls the supply of materials to a furnace, machine, etc. in a workshop or factory.

In Malaysia and Indonesia: a foreman or overseer. Cf. kangany, n.

The foreman of a company of workmen or of a workshop in various trades. (Cf. also 6b.)

A foreman.

In modern Greece: An overseer, superintendent of public works.

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). A foreman of a work crew. Cf. push, n.2 11.

A foreman or member of a gang of workers. rare.

In business or management organization, the chain of command or responsibility; the persons responsible for the administration and organization of…