Reverse Dictionary: FOREMAN

NOUNS – PERSON
► ADAM a foreman , a superintendent → 1903 sl. 
► AUGER ► AUGUR an important person; a foreman → 1903 Amer. dial.
► BENCH BOSS a working foreman in a factory, esp. in a pottery → 1894 Amer.
► BIG AUGER an important person; a boss; a foreman → 1868 US West usage
► BIG BULL in logging: the general superintendent; a foreman → 1942 Amer. dial.
► BIG PUSH, THE a boss, a foreman, a supervisor → 1905 Amer. dial.
► BIG SAVAGE in logging: the general superintendent; a foreman → 1942 Amer. dial.
► BIG SQUEEZE a boss or foreman; an important person; the leader of a gang; the head of any organization → 1912 US sl. 
► BIG STICK a person of authority, as a police officer or foreman; a marshal → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BILLY GORMAN a foreman or ganger → 1880 UK rhyming sl. 
► BULL a foreman or boss, esp. in a logging camp → 1930 Amer. dial.
► BULL OF THE WOODS a foreman or boss, esp. in a logging camp → 1872 Amer. dial.
► EL SEGUNDO a foreman, an underboss → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GAFF the leader of a body of workmen; a foreman or overseer → Bk1877 Eng. dial. 
► GAFFER an employer, a boss, a foreman; a master, a ‘governor’ → a1659 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GANG BOSS the leader or foreman of a gang of workers or labourers → 1863
► GANG LEADER the leader or foreman of a gang of workers or labourers → 1775
► GANG-DROVER the overseer, foreman, or head of a gang of workmen; the supervisor or master of a gang of field-labourers hired by a farmer → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► GANGER an overseer or foreman of a gang of workers; also, a member of a work-gang → 1836
► GANGMAN a member of a gang of workers or labourers; a foreman or overseer of such a gang → 1830
► GANGSMAN the overseer, foreman, or head of a gang a gang of labourers or workmen → 1803
► GANGSTER a foreman or member of a gang of workers → 1913
► HANDSHAKER a foreman → Bk1962 Amer. automobile plant workers’ usage
► HEAD-BEETLER any foreman or man in charge of workmen → Bk1864 Eng. dial.
► HEADBOMBARDIER a foreman; any person in charge → Bk1997 Ulster sl.
► HEAD BOTTLE WASHER a person in authority; a foreman → 1915 sl.
► HEAD COOK AND BOTTLE WASHER a person in authority; a foreman → 1849 sl.
► HEAD KNOCK a person having primary authority; a boss, a foreman, etc. → 1944 African-American sl.
► HEAD KNOCKER a person having primary authority; a boss, a foreman, etc. → 1886 US sl.
► HEADMAN a man placed in charge of other workers, labourers, etc., esp. on a farm; a foreman, an overseer; a senior subordinate → 1725
► HEAD PUSH a boss, a foreman, a supervisor → 1905 Amer. dial.
► HEAD SQUEEZE a boss or foreman; an important person; the leader of a gang; the head of any organization → 1966 Amer. dial.
► INDUNA a person, esp. a Black person, in authority; a foreman → M20 S. Afr.
► LUNA a foreman, a supervisor → 1873 Hawaii
► MAIN PUSH a boss, a foreman, a supervisor → 1958 Amer. dial.
► MAIN SQUEEZE a boss or foreman; an important person; the leader of a gang; the head of any organization → 1896 Amer. sl.
► MAISTRY a master workman, a foreman; applied also to a skilled workman, e.g. a cook, a tailor → 1798 Indian
► NEARDY a person in authority, a master, a parent, a foreman → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► OLD MAN a superintendent, a foreman, a boss → 1830 US sl.
► PANNIKIN BOSS a person with a modest amount of authority; a minor boss; a foreman → 1898 Aust. sl.
► PANNO a foreman → 1957 Aust. sl.
► PENNY-DOG an assistant foreman → 1929 US mining and logging usage
► PUSH a boss, a foreman, a supervisor → 1905 Amer. dial., orig. & chiefly logging usage
► PUSHER a foreman of a work crew → 1901 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► PUSH-UP a boss, a foreman, a supervisor → 1939 Amer. dial.
► RAMROD a boss, a superintendent, a foreman, a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian → 1880 Amer. dial.
► RAMRODDER a boss, a superintendent, a foreman, a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian → 1970 Amer. dial.
► SCRATCH BOSS an assistant, subordinate, or acting foreman of a crew of workers → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SCRATCH FOREMAN an assistant, subordinate, or acting foreman of a crew of workers → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SECUNDO a foreman, an underboss → 1936 Amer. dial.
► SEGUNDO a foreman, an underboss → 1903 Amer. dial.
► SIR RAG the chief of a band of servants or workers; a foreman or overseer → 1891
► STRAW BOSS a subordinate or assistant foreman → 1894 orig. US
► WALKER a head foreman, a superintendent → 1952 Amer. dial.
► WALKING BOSS a head foreman, a superintendent → 1868 Amer. dial.
► WANDERING BOSS a head foreman, a superintendent → 1959 Amer. dial.
► YED-BEETLER the head beetler, the head man of a company of beetlers; also, applied figuratively to any foreman or man in charge; a superintendent of a job → Bk1875 Eng. dial.