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See -woman.
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Origin of forewoman
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The defence lawyer said he had no indication of what this lone juror was thinking and he did not confirm the 11-1 split the jury forewoman reported earlier.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
He didn’t appear to react when the jury forewoman announced the verdict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
As costume shop forewoman at LACC, McKenna pulled together technically impeccable and historically accurate costumes for everything from Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” to the midcentury French drama “Cher Antoine.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
The jury forewoman said Jennifer Crumbley wasn’t a “super reliable witness.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
“You trimmed it!” exclaimed the forewoman, ignoring Patty’s question, and taking up the trimmed hat.
From Patty's Success by Carolyn Wells
Factory employment: Machine operators, designers, forewomen, stenographers, bookkeepers, nurses, dietitians, welfare workers, travellers, managers and owners.
From The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance by Lady Marjory MacMurchy Willison
The forewomen also conform to this arrangement, but wear washing dresses of blue cotton to distinguish them from the girls.
From The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa by Brandon Head
A study of the previous experience of foremen and forewomen made by the survey shows that they come from nearly every department of the factory.
From Wage Earning and Education by Rufus Rolla Lutz
She said there were chances to make big wages there, because forewomen and draping hands were wanted more and girls who had anything in them had a better show than in a little place.
From The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel by John Maurice Miller
Under the deacons are "care-takers," who are the foremen and forewomen in the different pursuits.
From The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation by Charles Nordhoff
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