__NOTOC__ A foreman, forewoman or foreperson is a

supervisor A supervisor, or lead, (also known as foreman, boss, overseer, facilitator, monitor, area coordinator, line-manager or sometimes gaffer) is the job title of a lower-level management position that is primarily based on authority over workers or ...

, often in a manual trade or industry. Foreman may specifically refer to: * Construction foreman, the worker or tradesman who is in charge of a construction crew *

Jury foreman A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence and render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. Juries developed in England duri ...

, a head juror *

Ranch foreman A ranch (from es, rancho/Mexican Spanish) is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep. It is a subtype of a farm. These terms are most often ...

, the manager of a ranch, overseeing all aspects of the operation * Shop foreman or plant foreman, the frontline supervisor in a skilled trade, manufacturing or production operation *

Foreman of signals A foreman of signals is a highly qualified senior NCO or warrant officer signals engineering manager in the Royal Corps of Signals of the British Army and other Commonwealth armies. They undertake the role of equipment care specialist, with ad ...

, a highly qualified senior non-commissioned signal equipment manager and engineer in the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals *

Road foreman of engines Road foreman of engines, in the United States, is the traditional title of the person in charge of and the supervisor of, a locomotive engineer. An engineer who wishes to enter the management ranks on a railroad becomes a road foreman of engines. T ...

, a supervisor of locomotive engineers in the United States * Railroad track foreman, the person in charge of daily activities of a crew related to duties involved in the construction, maintenance, inspection, and repair of railroad tracks in the United States

People

Foreman (surname) Foreman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: A–E * Al Foreman (1904–1954), English-Canadian boxer * Amanda Foreman (disambiguation), multiple people * Anne N. Foreman (born 1947), American diplomat, lawyer, and businesswoman * ...

Places

* Foreman, Arkansas, a city in the United States *

Foreman, Oklahoma Foreman is an unincorporated community in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. The community is southwest of Muldrow, northwest of Fort Coffee and north of Spiro. History Foreman was named for merchant Zack Foreman and had its own pos ...

, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Foreman, British Columbia Foreman is a community just northeast of Prince George on the southeast side of the Fraser River in central British Columbia. The station was named after a Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP) supervisor.Prince George Citizen, 27 Aug 1994 Foreman F ...

, a community in Canada *

Foreman Glacier Foreman Glacier () is a glacier flowing south-southeast from the Havre Mountains in the northern portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It drains the southwest slopes of Dimitrova Peak and the west slopes of Breze Peak and flows into Pales ...

, Antarctica

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* USS ''Foreman'' (DE-633), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy *

Foreman (software) Foreman (also known as The Foreman) is an open source complete life cycle systems management tool for provisioning, configuring and monitoring of physical and virtual servers. Foreman has deep integration to configuration management software, wit ...

, a systems management software application *

The Foremen The Foremen were a satirical folk music band from Los Angeles founded by Roy Zimmerman. They were known for their politically charged lyrics, which usually discussed United States politics from a left-wing point of view, such as by mocking Rush L ...

, a satirical folk music band

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