Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office, position, or functions of a foreman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The position of a foreman.
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- noun The position of a
foreman .
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- noun the position of foreman
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Examples
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McGarver, the under-boss, was a good shepherd among the men, though he had recently lost the head foremanship by a spree complicated with language and violence.
Our Mr. Wrenn 2004
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That's when I went out to Dinwiddie in Minneapolis to go to that training on labor problems, particularly foremanship and so on.
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So thorough was his knowledge of smith - work that he is said to have been pressed on one occasion to accept the foremanship of a large workshop, by a manufacturer to whom his rank was unknown.
How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Major A.R. Calhoon
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Although there are few opportunities each year for advancement to foremanship, employers declare they cannot get enough persons of ability to fill vacancies.
Wage Earning and Education Rufus Rolla Lutz
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As a rule, foremanship carries with it higher wages, although in some cases the pay is the same as that of the regular journeymen.
Wage Earning and Education Rufus Rolla Lutz
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It is under the foremanship of Mr. John Wakely, a well-known Cincinnati baker.
Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett
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Functional Foremanship allows many more people, to become foremen, and to develop the will and judgment which foremanship implies.
The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste Lillian Moller Gilbreth 1925
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Whether he feared Peter Strong might usurp the vacant foremanship, or whether he simply cherished a grudge toward the lad because of his previous good fortune, it was impossible to discover.
The Story of Leather Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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McGarver, the under-boss, was a good shepherd among the men, though he had recently lost the head foremanship by a spree complicated with language and violence.
Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Sinclair Lewis 1918
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McGarver, the under-boss, was a good shepherd among the men, though he had recently lost the head foremanship by a spree complicated with language and violence.
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