foremann.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːmən/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrmən/

Forms: Plural foremen. Also for-.

Etymology: < fore- prefix + man n.¹; compare Old Norse formaðr, genitive formanns (perhaps the source), also Dutch voorman, German vormann.

†1.

a. One who goes in front; a leader. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [noun] > one who goes first

forerunnerOE

before-runnera1382

foregoer1382

foremanc1425

fore-rider1488

precursora1500

forewalker1529

precedent1599

precurrer1601

beginnerc1613

frontliner1895

c1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. lvii. 134 Steuenessone was forman, & opened the wey to þe Erl.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie G 584 A fore man: a guide. Auspex.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 8 They cannot..bellow lustely, like the foreman of the Heard.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 8 In the practice of this duty, the Apostle requireth that the Minister be the foreman.

1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 117 The men are led up by a Laplander, whom they call Automwatze, or foreman, then follows the Bridegroom.

†b. plural. The front rank. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > van or front

forerunnerseOE

vantward1297

formerward13..

forme-ward13..

vamward1338

fronta1375

pointa1382

frontier?a1400

vawarda1400

forayc1425

avantwardc1440

avant-garde1470

vanward1476

vantguard1485

vanguard1487

foreward1490

forefront1513

foremen1577

forefight?1611

vaunta1616

van1633

first line1663

front line1677

firing line1859

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus vii. xx, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 387 When..they had foyled these foremen, they turned them selves backe.

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. xi. 21 The enemie..lightly skirmishing with the flanks and the formen; set amaine on the hindmost.

†c. The man in front (of another). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] > placing or being placed in front > that which is in the front > person in front (of another)

foreman1598

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 36 Keeping the lower end of his pike on the one side of his foremans legge.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. E Euerie face, Is lifted vp aboue his foremans head.

2. The principal juror, who presides at the deliberations of the jury, and communicates their verdict to the court.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] > member(s) of jury > foreman or woman

foreman1538

chancellor1759

jury chancellor1867

foreperson1973

1538 A. Fitzherbert Newe Bk. Justyces Peas 89 The counterpane of the offyce..to remayne with the forman of the enquest.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe ii. sig. C I will looke grauely..like the fore-man of a Iury.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 122. ¶3 He..has been several Times Foreman of the Petty-Jury.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 284 The foreman, called in Scotland the chancellor of the jury.

1841 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg iv, in New Monthly Mag. 61 272 At the Golden Lion the Inquest met—Its foreman, a carver and gilder.

in extended use.1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 221 It is Subscrib'd by a Bakers Dozen of them; and George Fox the Fore-Man, in the Name of themselves.

3. One who takes the most prominent part; the chief or leader (of a party); the president (of a deliberative body). Obsolete exc. locally in municipal use.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > leader

lattewc825

lodera1325

chieftainc1386

foreleadera1400

bellwetherc1430

aurigac1460

leader1489

Moses1528

ringleader1548

general1582

foreman1603

coryphaeus1633

foreheada1641

senator1656

father1771

o-muraji1869

simba1964

neta1984

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 294 Socrates, the fore-man of his Dialogues doth ever aske and propose his disputation.

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 17 The Kings principall wicked Counsellers; of whom Winchester being the foreman, appealed.

1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus 280 The Old Peripatetics too, and among them Aristotle, their Foreman.

1790 R. Porson Lett. to Travis 379 The foreman of the Apostles, Peter.

1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 307 At length all the inhabitants of the grave arose, St. John at their head for foreman.

1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. iv. 2287 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXV. 1 The Foreman of the commons [of Huntingdon] is appointed by a committee of burgesses.

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: one who divides his time between labour and supervision.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman

stewarda1400

surveyorc1440

supervisorc1454

overlookera1513

workmaster1525

supervisora1529

foreman1574

superintendent1575

overman1606

headman1725

overseer1766

gang leader1775

hagmaster1797

maistry1798

gangsman1803

kangany1817

capataz1826

gangman1830

ganger1836

gaffer1841

gang boss1863

ramrod1881

charge-man1885

mandor1885

captain1886

overganger1887

ephor1890

pusher1901

gangster1913

line manager1960

1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury Pref. to Rdr. sig. Ev It was but rough hewen by one of the prentises, and wanted sum polishing by the forman.

1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades 174 Thomas the fore-man of the shop.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 49 The foreman, whose office is to mowe and place the sheaves aright.

1691 J. Dryden King Arthur Epil. 52 This pretious Fop, Is Foreman of a Haberdashers-Shop.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 20 The Master-Bricklayer, or his Foreman, must take care to see all the Foundations set truly out.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §164 One of the masons..offered himself as foreman over the stone-cutters.

1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 79 Mr. Brown is the foreman of all the framework.

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 38 Foremen plan out the work, and allot it to the artisans.

1893 Labour Commission Gloss. Foremen of the Yards, a class of officers next above the ‘leading men’..and to whom the leading men are directly responsible.

b. ? An overseer or bailiff.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property

town-reeveeOE

reeveeOE

gravec1175

procuratorc1300

dispender1340

provost1340

bailiec1375

officerc1375

dispenserc1380

proctora1382

dispensator1382

farmerc1384

approverc1386

husbanda1387

stewardc1405

chamberlain1423

procurer1477

factor1520

bailiff1528

land-steward1535

improver1536

grieve1537

amtman1582

administrator1596

stead-man1609

dapifer1636

vogt1694

house jobber1709

commissioner1760

foreman1774

house agent1793

ground-officer1815

land-agent1846

wic-reeve1853

steadward1876

house farmer1882

house-knacker1884

land-sergeant1894

1774 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 7 I sometimes think I must come to this—to be the foreman upon my own farm.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxix. 294 Petersen had been foreman of the settlement.

1893 Kelly's Oxford Directory 331/1 Belcher, Joseph, foreman to John Birt esq. Wood End farm.

†5. ? slang. ? A goose. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose)

gooseOE

Roger1567

foreman1622

gaggler1624

Tib of the butterya1640

goosey-gandera1816

1622 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster (new ed.) v. 69 Ile..soile you euer[y] long vacation a brace of foremen, that at Michaelmas shall come vp fat and kicking. [Differently in 1st ed.]

6. ? Used as < Dutch voerman, carrier.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > conveyor of goods by vehicle > with a horse and cart

carriage man1487

tranter1601

foremanc1660

jagger1887

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 33 I tooke Wagon..to Roterdam, whither we were hurried in lesse than an houre..so furiously do these Foremen drive.

1689 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus Sel. Colloquies (ed. 2) xxii. 274 We wait for the Antwerp-Waggon... You must rise betimes to find a Fore-man [L. aurigam] Sober.

Derivatives

ˈforeman v. rare (transitive) to direct or oversee as a foreman.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > duties > [verb (transitive)] > oversee (worker)

foreman1886

1886 19th Cent. Oct. 534 The all-round workman requires as a rule very little foremaning.

ˈforemanship n. the office, post, or position of a foreman.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] > position or office of specific workers

plumbership1455

portership1521

clerkship1531

factorshipc1550

pavership1597

mastership1688

private secretaryship1789

writership1810

taskmastership1815

factoryship1836

engineership1839

foremanship1853

improvership1864

call boy1877

gaffership1895

producership1924

operatorship1934

1853 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. (1917) I. 24 If he cannot get a foremanship.

1859 S. Smiles Self-help 17 The foremanship of a large workshop.

1941 H. J. Massingham Remembrance viii. 74 The craftsman..drilled the thin slabs with the slat~pick..in tune with the foremanship of the seasons.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foreman
释义	foremann. Brit. /ˈfɔːmən/, U.S. /ˈfɔrmən/ Forms: Plural foremen. Also for-. Etymology: < fore- prefix + man n.¹; compare Old Norse formaðr, genitive formanns (perhaps the source), also Dutch voorman, German vormann. †1. a. One who goes in front; a leader. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [noun] > one who goes first forerunnerOE before-runnera1382 foregoer1382 foremanc1425 fore-rider1488 precursora1500 forewalker1529 precedent1599 precurrer1601 beginnerc1613 frontliner1895 c1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. lvii. 134 Steuenessone was forman, & opened the wey to þe Erl. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie G 584 A fore man: a guide. Auspex. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 8 They cannot..bellow lustely, like the foreman of the Heard. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 8 In the practice of this duty, the Apostle requireth that the Minister be the foreman. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 117 The men are led up by a Laplander, whom they call Automwatze, or foreman, then follows the Bridegroom. †b. plural. The front rank. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > van or front forerunnerseOE vantward1297 formerward13.. forme-ward13.. vamward1338 fronta1375 pointa1382 frontier?a1400 vawarda1400 forayc1425 avantwardc1440 avant-garde1470 vanward1476 vantguard1485 vanguard1487 foreward1490 forefront1513 foremen1577 forefight?1611 vaunta1616 van1633 first line1663 front line1677 firing line1859 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus vii. xx, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 387 When..they had foyled these foremen, they turned them selves backe. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. xi. 21 The enemie..lightly skirmishing with the flanks and the formen; set amaine on the hindmost. †c. The man in front (of another). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] > placing or being placed in front > that which is in the front > person in front (of another) foreman1598 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 36 Keeping the lower end of his pike on the one side of his foremans legge. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. E Euerie face, Is lifted vp aboue his foremans head. 2. The principal juror, who presides at the deliberations of the jury, and communicates their verdict to the court. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] > member(s) of jury > foreman or woman foreman1538 chancellor1759 jury chancellor1867 foreperson1973 1538 A. Fitzherbert Newe Bk. Justyces Peas 89 The counterpane of the offyce..to remayne with the forman of the enquest. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe ii. sig. C I will looke grauely..like the fore-man of a Iury. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 122. ¶3 He..has been several Times Foreman of the Petty-Jury. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 284 The foreman, called in Scotland the chancellor of the jury. 1841 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg iv, in New Monthly Mag. 61 272 At the Golden Lion the Inquest met—Its foreman, a carver and gilder. in extended use.1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 221 It is Subscrib'd by a Bakers Dozen of them; and George Fox the Fore-Man, in the Name of themselves. 3. One who takes the most prominent part; the chief or leader (of a party); the president (of a deliberative body). Obsolete exc. locally in municipal use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > leader lattewc825 lodera1325 chieftainc1386 foreleadera1400 bellwetherc1430 aurigac1460 leader1489 Moses1528 ringleader1548 general1582 foreman1603 coryphaeus1633 foreheada1641 senator1656 father1771 o-muraji1869 simba1964 neta1984 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 294 Socrates, the fore-man of his Dialogues doth ever aske and propose his disputation. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 17 The Kings principall wicked Counsellers; of whom Winchester being the foreman, appealed. 1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus 280 The Old Peripatetics too, and among them Aristotle, their Foreman. 1790 R. Porson Lett. to Travis 379 The foreman of the Apostles, Peter. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 307 At length all the inhabitants of the grave arose, St. John at their head for foreman. 1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. iv. 2287 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXV. 1 The Foreman of the commons [of Huntingdon] is appointed by a committee of burgesses. 4. 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: one who divides his time between labour and supervision. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman stewarda1400 surveyorc1440 supervisorc1454 overlookera1513 workmaster1525 supervisora1529 foreman1574 superintendent1575 overman1606 headman1725 overseer1766 gang leader1775 hagmaster1797 maistry1798 gangsman1803 kangany1817 capataz1826 gangman1830 ganger1836 gaffer1841 gang boss1863 ramrod1881 charge-man1885 mandor1885 captain1886 overganger1887 ephor1890 pusher1901 gangster1913 line manager1960 1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury Pref. to Rdr. sig. Ev It was but rough hewen by one of the prentises, and wanted sum polishing by the forman. 1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades 174 Thomas the fore-man of the shop. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 49 The foreman, whose office is to mowe and place the sheaves aright. 1691 J. Dryden King Arthur Epil. 52 This pretious Fop, Is Foreman of a Haberdashers-Shop. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 20 The Master-Bricklayer, or his Foreman, must take care to see all the Foundations set truly out. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §164 One of the masons..offered himself as foreman over the stone-cutters. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 79 Mr. Brown is the foreman of all the framework. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 38 Foremen plan out the work, and allot it to the artisans. 1893 Labour Commission Gloss. Foremen of the Yards, a class of officers next above the ‘leading men’..and to whom the leading men are directly responsible. b. ? An overseer or bailiff. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property town-reeveeOE reeveeOE gravec1175 procuratorc1300 dispender1340 provost1340 bailiec1375 officerc1375 dispenserc1380 proctora1382 dispensator1382 farmerc1384 approverc1386 husbanda1387 stewardc1405 chamberlain1423 procurer1477 factor1520 bailiff1528 land-steward1535 improver1536 grieve1537 amtman1582 administrator1596 stead-man1609 dapifer1636 vogt1694 house jobber1709 commissioner1760 foreman1774 house agent1793 ground-officer1815 land-agent1846 wic-reeve1853 steadward1876 house farmer1882 house-knacker1884 land-sergeant1894 1774 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 7 I sometimes think I must come to this—to be the foreman upon my own farm. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxix. 294 Petersen had been foreman of the settlement. 1893 Kelly's Oxford Directory 331/1 Belcher, Joseph, foreman to John Birt esq. Wood End farm. †5. ? slang. ? A goose. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) gooseOE Roger1567 foreman1622 gaggler1624 Tib of the butterya1640 goosey-gandera1816 1622 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster (new ed.) v. 69 Ile..soile you euer[y] long vacation a brace of foremen, that at Michaelmas shall come vp fat and kicking. [Differently in 1st ed.] 6. ? Used as < Dutch voerman, carrier. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > conveyor of goods by vehicle > with a horse and cart carriage man1487 tranter1601 foremanc1660 jagger1887 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 33 I tooke Wagon..to Roterdam, whither we were hurried in lesse than an houre..so furiously do these Foremen drive. 1689 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus Sel. Colloquies (ed. 2) xxii. 274 We wait for the Antwerp-Waggon... You must rise betimes to find a Fore-man [L. aurigam] Sober. Derivatives ˈforeman v. rare (transitive) to direct or oversee as a foreman. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > duties > [verb (transitive)] > oversee (worker) foreman1886 1886 19th Cent. Oct. 534 The all-round workman requires as a rule very little foremaning. ˈforemanship n. the office, post, or position of a foreman. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] > position or office of specific workers plumbership1455 portership1521 clerkship1531 factorshipc1550 pavership1597 mastership1688 private secretaryship1789 writership1810 taskmastership1815 factoryship1836 engineership1839 foremanship1853 improvership1864 call boy1877 gaffership1895 producership1924 operatorship1934 1853 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. (1917) I. 24 If he cannot get a foremanship. 1859 S. Smiles Self-help 17 The foremanship of a large workshop. 1941 H. J. Massingham Remembrance viii. 74 The craftsman..drilled the thin slabs with the slat~pick..in tune with the foremanship of the seasons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1425
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