See foreman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "gl",
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"masculine"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "leader of a work crew",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"feminine",
"masculine"
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"sense": "leader of a work crew",
"word": "工場長"
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"sense": "leader of a work crew",
"word": "មេការ"
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "leader of a work crew",
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"code": "fa",
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"word": "سرکارگر"
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"word": "majster"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "leader of a work crew",
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"word": "capataz"
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"sense": "leader of a work crew",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "leader of a work crew",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ма́стер"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "leader of a work crew",
"tags": [
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"code": "ru",
"english": "at a consruction site",
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"code": "ru",
"english": "at a mine",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "sk",
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"word": "predák"
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"word": "capataz"
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"sense": "leader of a work crew",
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"code": "sv",
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"word": "lagbas"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "leader of a work crew",
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"word": "ustabaşı"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
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"word": "juryformand"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
"word": "puheenjohtaja"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Sprecher der Geschworenen"
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{
"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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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
"word": "陪審長"
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"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ard-ghooinney bingagh"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "juryformann"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "soxangu",
"sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
"word": "سخنگو"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
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"word": "presidente del jurado"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
"tags": [
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"word": "presidenta del jurado"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ordförande"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf",
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"word": "juryordförande"
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}
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