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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
forewoman
noun
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▪ The excused forewoman is a 55-year-old widow who works as a supervisor for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forewoman

Forewoman \Fore"wom`an\, n.; pl. Forewomen. A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.
--Tatler.
--W. Besant.

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forewoman

n. A female foreman.

WordNet
forewoman

  1. n. a woman who is foreperson of a jury [syn: forelady]

  2. a woman in charge of a group of workers

Usage examples of "forewoman".

She writes that she has found money to set up a dressmaking establishment, and that she is relying upon me to be her forewoman.