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forewoman

[fawr-woom-uhn, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌwʊm ən, ˈfoʊr- /


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The juror forewoman has claimed in a media interview that Desronvil had expressed reasonable doubt about Clancy's guilt, which would require him to find her not guilty.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Clancy's lawyer asked the judge to remove a juror after the jury forewoman sent a court note saying one holdout would not follow the court's instructions on reasonable doubt.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

When Juror No. 5 showed up in a navy blazer, Laurey Trailer, who later became forewoman, got annoyed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

As costume shop forewoman at LACC, McKenna pulled together technically impeccable and historically accurate costumes for everything from Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” to the midcentury French drama “Cher Antoine.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025

The forewoman, after a few minutes, consented to accept the condition.

From The Leaven in a Great City by Lillian William Betts

Factory employment: Machine operators, designers, forewomen, stenographers, bookkeepers, nurses, dietitians, welfare workers, travellers, managers and owners.

From The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance by Lady Marjory MacMurchy Willison

The forewomen also conform to this arrangement, but wear washing dresses of blue cotton to distinguish them from the girls.

From The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa by Brandon Head

They were hand-and-glove with the forewomen, asked them to breakfast at their country houses, knelt to old Spricht as if he were the Pope himself.

From The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 by A. W. (Arthur Woollgar) Verrall

She said there were chances to make big wages there, because forewomen and draping hands were wanted more and girls who had anything in them had a better show than in a little place.

From The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel by John Maurice Miller

A private dining-room is provided for the forewomen.

From The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa by Brandon Head


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