foreman

noun/ˈfɔrmən/

Frequency rank: #6,986 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a supervisor who oversees workers on a job site or in a factory.

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Example sentence

The construction foreman made sure every worker followed the safety rules on site.

Synonyms & related words

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