"foreman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mən/ Audio: En-us-foreman.ogg [US] Forms: foremen [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mən Etymology: From Middle English foremon, forman; equivalent to fore- + man. Compare West Frisian foarman, Dutch voorman, German Vormann, Danish formand, Swedish förman, Icelandic formaður. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|foremon}} Middle English foremon, {{m|enm|forman}} forman, {{pre|en|fore|man}} fore- + man, {{cog|fy|foarman}} West Frisian foarman, {{cog|nl|voorman}} Dutch voorman, {{cog|de|Vormann}} German Vormann, {{cog|da|formand}} Danish formand, {{cog|sv|förman}} Swedish förman, {{cog|is|formaður}} Icelandic formaður Head templates: {{en-noun|foremen}} foreman (plural foremen)
  1. (management) The leader of a work crew. Categories (topical): Management Translations (leader of a work crew): бригадир (brigadir) [masculine] (Bulgarian), майстор (majstor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), capatàs [masculine] (Catalan), 工头 (gōngtóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 領班 (Chinese Mandarin), 领班 (lǐngbān) (Chinese Mandarin), předák [masculine] (Czech), formand [common-gender] (Danish), værkfører [common-gender] (Danish), sjakbajs [common-gender] (Danish), laborestro (Esperanto), töödejuhataja (Estonian), formaður [masculine] (Faroese), työnjohtaja (Finnish), chef [masculine] (French), chef d’équipe [masculine] (French), contremaître [masculine] (French), maioral [masculine] (Galician), capataz [masculine] (Galician), Vorarbeiter [masculine] (German), Polier [masculine] (German), εργοδηγός (ergodigós) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), művezető (Hungarian), maor [masculine] (Irish), caposquadra (english: at a construction site) (Italian), capoccia [masculine] (Italian), 工場長 (Japanese), មេការ (mee kaa) (Khmer), палир (palir) [masculine] (Macedonian), formann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), arbeidsformann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), formann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), arbeidsformann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), سرکارگر (sarkârgar) (Persian), majster [masculine] (Polish), kierownik budowy [masculine] (Polish), capataz (Portuguese), maistru [masculine] (Romanian), ма́стер (máster) [masculine] (Russian), бригади́р (brigadír) [masculine] (Russian), прора́б (proráb) (english: at a consruction site) [masculine] (Russian), штейгер (štejger) (english: at a mine) [masculine] (Russian), maor [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), maor-obrach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), predák [masculine] (Slovak), capataz [masculine] (Spanish), förman [common-gender] (Swedish), lagbas [common-gender] (Swedish), ustabaşı [singular] (Turkish), nantʼán (Western Apache)
    Sense id: en-foreman-en-noun-rPvA3HP5 Topics: management Disambiguation of 'leader of a work crew': 100 0 0
  2. (law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf. Categories (topical): Law Translations (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf): juryformand [common-gender] (Danish), puheenjohtaja (Finnish), Sprecher der Geschworenen [masculine] (German), Sprecherin der Geschworenen [feminine] (German), 陪審長 (Japanese), ard-ghooinney bingagh [masculine] (Manx), juryformann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), juryformann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), سخنگو (soxangu) (Persian), presidente del jurado [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), presidenta del jurado [feminine] (Spanish), ordförande [common-gender] (Swedish), juryordförande [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-foreman-en-noun-NH4e9jdy Topics: law Disambiguation of 'member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf': 0 93 7
  3. (US, historical) A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands. Tags: US, historical Categories (topical): Leaders, Male people, Slavery
    Sense id: en-foreman-en-noun-uf5n5IJL Disambiguation of Leaders: 13 22 65 Disambiguation of Male people: 2 26 73 Disambiguation of Slavery: 23 10 67 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 23 76 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 8 30 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foremanship Related terms: forepeople, foreperson, forewoman

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe)",
          "text": "Since we’re getting too friendly, Ephraim Winslow, tell me, what’s a timber man want with being a wickie? Not enough quiet for ye up north? Sawdust itching yer nethers? Foreman found ye too high-tempered for carrying an axe?",
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          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "word": "työnjohtaja"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Vorarbeiter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Polier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ergodigós",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "εργοδηγός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "word": "művezető"
        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
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          ],
          "word": "maor"
        },
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "word": "caposquadra"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "capoccia"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "word": "工場長"
        },
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mee kaa",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "word": "មេការ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "palir",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "палир"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "formann"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "formann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sarkârgar",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "word": "سرکارگر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "majster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kierownik budowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "word": "capataz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maistru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "máster",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ма́стер"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "brigadír",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "at a consruction site",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "proráb",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "at a mine",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "štejger",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "gd",
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "predák"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "leader of a work crew",
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          "word": "capataz"
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          "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
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        },
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Sprecher der Geschworenen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
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          "word": "Sprecherin der Geschworenen"
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          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
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          "word": "ard-ghooinney bingagh"
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        "A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands."
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          "overseer",
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        "(US, historical) A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands."
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɔː(ɹ)mən/"
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    },
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      "audio": "En-us-foreman.ogg",
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        "US"
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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        "2": "Vormann"
      },
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          "ref": "2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe)",
          "text": "Since we’re getting too friendly, Ephraim Winslow, tell me, what’s a timber man want with being a wickie? Not enough quiet for ye up north? Sawdust itching yer nethers? Foreman found ye too high-tempered for carrying an axe?",
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        "(law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf."
      ],
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        "law"
      ]
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        "English terms with historical senses"
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        "(US, historical) A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands."
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        "historical"
      ]
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      "code": "apw",
      "lang": "Western Apache",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "nantʼán"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "brigadir",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бригадир"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "majstor",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "майстор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capatàs"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngtóu",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "工头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "領班"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǐngbān",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "领班"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "předák"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "formand"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "værkfører"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sjakbajs"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "laborestro"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "töödejuhataja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "työnjohtaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chef d’équipe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contremaître"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maioral"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capataz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorarbeiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Polier"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ergodigós",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εργοδηγός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "művezető"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maor"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "at a construction site",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "caposquadra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capoccia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "工場長"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "mee kaa",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "មេការ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "palir",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "палир"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbeidsformann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "formann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbeidsformann"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sarkârgar",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "سرکارگر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majster"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kierownik budowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "word": "capataz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maistru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "máster",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́стер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brigadír",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бригади́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "at a consruction site",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proráb",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прора́б"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "at a mine",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "štejger",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "штейгер"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maor"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maor-obrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "predák"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capataz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lagbas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "leader of a work crew",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ustabaşı"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "juryformand"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "word": "puheenjohtaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sprecher der Geschworenen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sprecherin der Geschworenen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "word": "陪審長"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-ghooinney bingagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "juryformann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "juryformann"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "soxangu",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "word": "سخنگو"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presidente del jurado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "presidenta del jurado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ordförande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "juryordförande"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "foreman"
  ],
  "word": "foreman"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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