forewoman
noun
forewoman is a noun meaning “A female leader of a work crew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-E-W-O-M-A-N and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of forewoman is forewomen.
What does forewoman mean?
noun
- 1
A female leader of a work crew.
- 2
A female foreman of a jury.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce forewoman?
Forewoman has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of forewoman
- forewomen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is forewoman?
Forewoman appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forewoman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Vorarbeiterin, Polierin , Sprecherin der Geschworenen, Vorsitzende und Sprecherin der Jury |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does forewoman come from?
From fore- + -woman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).