foreman
noun
a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
foremanship
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a word derived from
foreman.
Example Sentences
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On the strength of this list, the September grand jury, under the foremanship of Vice President Gabriel Flournoy Slaughter of American Steel Foundries, had resurrected an ancient vagrancy law.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is true, for instance, that the planning room, and functional foremanship, render it possible for an intelligent laborer or helper in time to do much of the work now done by a machinist.
From Shop Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor
It so happened that the foremanship of turners was then vacant.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Samuel Smiles
He sat down on the bunk where she had lain, and speedily forgot the girl and the incident in facing the problem of that foremanship.
From The Uphill Climb by B. M. Bower
Under the foremanship of B. P. Oliver it made a thorough investigation.
From The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization by Samuel Peter Orth
