Gender
See -woman.
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Origin of forewoman
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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
They deliberated just a few minutes before acquitting him, and the forewoman hugged Wright before sending him home.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
The judge questioned the forewoman about what happened and she admitted her mistake in saying the jury had reached a unanimous verdict when it had not.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
Miss Rabbit continued to hold her title of forewoman, although she was no longer forewoman; and Miss Higham took the label of secretary, which well described duties she did not perform.
From Love at Paddington by W. Pett (William Pett) Ridge
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
The forewomen have all four qualities, sometimes one, sometimes another predominating.
From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Marie Van Vorst
A private dining-room is provided for the forewomen.
From The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa by Brandon Head
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
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
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