ænˈtiːk tʃiːf ˈfɔː(ɹ)mən ɡæfɚ ɡæfə ˈhɑn.tʃoʊ ˈhɒn.tʃəʊ a person who exercises control over workers if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set an elderly man