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WordBand 6–7Toofey picks
foreman
/ˈfɔːmən/
noun
A worker in charge of a group of other workers on a site.
- “The foreman told the builders to start work at seven.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))