WordNet
assistant foreman
n. a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers [syn: straw boss]
Usage examples of "assistant foreman".
As an assistant foreman to Sammy Mutterperl, with the armband of a Vorarbeiter, a leading worker, he eats and sleeps better than most Auschwitz inmates, though wretchedly enough.
His father was no more able to concentrate than he, and his temper became so explosive that even their assistant foreman, Daoud, whose placidity very little could disturb, went into hiding.
He looked like a man who'd topped out as assistant foreman at the sawmill.