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Definition of Forelady
1. Noun. A woman who is foreperson of a jury.
Definition of Forelady
1. Noun. the female equivalent of a foreman ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forelady
1. a woman who supervises workers [n -DIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forelady
Literary usage of Forelady
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Alien to Citizen: The Story of My Life in America by Edward Alfred Steiner (1914)
"I learned, of course, that everybody hated the forelady except the Irish girls,
... It was surmised in the shop that the boss and the forelady were good ..."
2. Working with the Working Woman by Cornelia Stratton Parker (1922)
"know better than get the forelady down on her like that. Gee! I was mad! ...
The forelady had a fit; so did Tillie. Both claimed they'd caught cold. ..."
3. Selected Articles on Child Labor by Edna Dean Bullock (1915)
"It is taken for granted that the forelady must be habitually hateful, ...
"How many pairs of socks can a girl make in a day," I asked a forelady. ..."
4. Our Foreign-born Citizens: What They Have Done for America by Annie E. S. Beard (1922)
"In a few days he obtained work as a presser of coats, which was an exhausting
and trying task under the iron hand of an Irish forelady. ..."
5. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Industrial Relations. Division of Labor Statistics and Law Enforcement, California Bureau of Labor Statistics (1890)
"The girls were told that help was needed through some gentleman who said that
the forelady and seventeen girls had left the factory of Porter, ..."
6. One of Them: Chapters from a Passionate Autobiography by Elizabeth Hasanovitz (1918)
"The forelady would try to put me back in my work. Realizing that she did it
purposely, I thought it better to leave. I was not worried now the season had ..."
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