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forewoman

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


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The jury forewoman, a retired fifth-grade teacher, said in an interview with NBC that Desronvil had admitted he had reasonable doubt, but refused to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Clancy's lawyer asked the judge to remove a juror after the jury forewoman sent a court note saying one holdout would not follow the court's instructions on reasonable doubt.

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

The jury forewoman said Jennifer Crumbley wasn’t a “super reliable witness.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

Even the forewoman, who was thin-lipped and shrewish, seemed a little afraid of her.

From The Beggar Man by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres

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

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

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

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

In every kitchen there is a forewoman cook—there are these forewomen in every department of the work of the women, and they correspond rather to the "noncoms" among the men.

From The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse




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