Definitions for foremen

foremen fore·man

Spelling: [fawr-muh n, fohr-]
IPA: /ˈfɔr mən, ˈfoʊr-/

Foremen is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in foremen (eefmnor).

Definitions for foremen

noun

  1. a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
  2. the member of a jury selected to preside over and speak for all the jurors on the panel.

Origin of foremen

1175-1225; Middle English forman chief servant, steward. See fore-, man1

Examples for foremen

He stayed on the dam all the morning, watching the shale and rock and directing the foremen.

The foremen are specialists in their particular departments.

Organize work-gangs, and promote the best and most intelligent to foremen.

Inspectors and foremen have frequent disputes over these questions.

Drinking at the bar were two white men whom Jim recognized as foremen.

Not one of the engineers and foremen escaped fever, and many died.

They will not work under Irish foremen, if they can help it.

While Bob was with him, he told off one of the foremen in his business to go about with the boy.

Wherever there is a factory, you will find all the foremen Protestants—that is, Saxons.

I beg my readers—those who have them—to get your foremen together.

Word Value for foremen
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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