Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The office, position, or functions of a foreman.
Wiktionary
- n. The position of a foreman.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The position of a foreman.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the position of foreman
Examples
“That's when I went out to Dinwiddie in Minneapolis to go to that training on labor problems, particularly foremanship and so on.”
“It is under the foremanship of Mr. John Wakely, a well-known Cincinnati baker.”
“So thorough was his knowledge of smith - work that he is said to have been pressed on one occasion to accept the foremanship of a large workshop, by a manufacturer to whom his rank was unknown.”
“Although there are few opportunities each year for advancement to foremanship, employers declare they cannot get enough persons of ability to fill vacancies.”
“As a rule, foremanship carries with it higher wages, although in some cases the pay is the same as that of the regular journeymen.”
“Functional Foremanship allows many more people, to become foremen, and to develop the will and judgment which foremanship implies.”
“Whether he feared Peter Strong might usurp the vacant foremanship, or whether he simply cherished a grudge toward the lad because of his previous good fortune, it was impossible to discover.”
“McGarver, the under-boss, was a good shepherd among the men, though he had recently lost the head foremanship by a spree complicated with language and violence.”
“The rancher thought it best to wait till after the round-up before he turned over the foremanship to his son.”
“He sat down on the bunk where she had lain, and speedily forgot the girl and the incident in facing the problem of that foremanship.”
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