Fore-overman

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006988",
  "term": "Fore-overman",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A colliery supervisor in charge of the overmen, a title used in the Durham and Northumberland coalfields. The fore-overman supervised the underground work of the fore-shift, the first working shift of the day, and the back-overman who took charge of the later shift was subordinate to him. The title is recorded in print from at least 1849.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Obersteiger",
    "es": "sobrecapataz",
    "fr": "contremaître principal"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/fore-overman/"
}