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Forewoman

A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.

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Supervisor 76% connected

One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.

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Woman 76% connected

An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

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Artificial intelligence noun · 78% connection

the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively; "workers in AI hope to imi…

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Badigeon noun · 78% connection

A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or st…

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Botch noun · 78% connection

Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finish…

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Burin noun · 78% connection

The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so…

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Charge verb · 78% connection

To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to c…

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Company union noun · 78% connection

a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union

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Craft union noun · 78% connection

a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft

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Foreman noun · 78% connection

The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer.

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GDP noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Grindery noun · 78% connection

Leather workers' materials.

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Gross domestic product noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Handsel noun · 78% connection

A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…

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Head adjective · 78% connection

Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.

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Headquarters n. sing. · 78% connection

The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the plac…

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Honeybee noun · 78% connection

Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the…

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Industrial union noun · 78% connection

a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft

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Labor market noun · 78% connection

the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers

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Marteline noun · 78% connection

A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.

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