Foreman is the term assigned to the individual. responsible for leading a group of manual workers.
In Brazil, foremen are predominantly rural workers, who organize, observe and lead the activities of other people who work on the farms, for example.
In this case, the foreman can be considered the “right arm” of the owner of the property, as they are mainly given responsibilities worthy of trust and loyalty. In other words, the foreman is a kind of “underboss”.
In addition to managing the work of pedestrians (the popular name given to individuals who work in the field), the foremen must also be accountable to the farmer for all actions that were taken on behalf of the property.
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Some of the main synonyms of the word “foreman” are: foreman, scout and tenant.
The female foreman is foreman, although there are not many women who traditionally exercise this function.
Etymologically, the word "foreman" appeared in the Portuguese language through Spanish foreman
, which in turn derives from the Latin caput, which means “head”, in this case referring metaphorically to the sense of “leadership”.See also: the meaning of Proletariat.