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forewoman

[fawr-woom-uhn, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌwʊm ən, ˈfoʊr- /


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The juror forewoman has claimed in a media interview that Desronvil had expressed reasonable doubt about Clancy's guilt, which would require him to find her not guilty.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Tensions flared in court after the jury forewoman sent the judge a note saying one juror would not follow the judge's instructions on reasonable doubt.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

After the jury got the case, Trailer, the forewoman, went home and watched “12 Angry Men,” a legal drama about conflict between jurors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 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

Madame was with Lady Blakeney, very busy with an order, the forewoman was also engaged.

From The Oyster by Peer

They were hand-and-glove with the forewomen, asked them to breakfast at their country houses, knelt to old Spricht as if he were the Pope himself.

From The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 by A. W. (Arthur Woollgar) Verrall

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

He began with closer individual supervision by the forewomen.

From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Walter Dill Scott

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

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




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