| 释义 |
ˈforeperson, n.
[f. foreman n., after chairperson, etc. (see person n. 2 f).]
A foreman or forewoman (used as a common-gender form). (Not standard.)
1973Yale Rev. Spring 453 The absence of current lexical freaks such as..foreperson. 1975Amer. Speech 1973 XLVIII. 158 One of the..reporters began to say something about Sybil and then corrected himself: ‘the jury foreman—I guess we should say foreperson’. 1986N. Z. Herald 5 Feb. iv. 14 (Advt.), Refuse foreperson. Required to supervise the operation of the authority's Greenmount refuse landfill. 1990Evening Press (Dublin) 10 July 19/1 Building site foreperson with full experience. |
