About The Word Gaffer
Learn about the word Gaffer to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Gaffer definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Gaffer
| Gaffer Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Gaffer?
[n] a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
[n] an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set [n] an elderly man Synonyms | Synonyms for Gaffer: antique | boss | chief | foreman | honcho | mossback | old geezer | oldtimer | old-timer Related Terms | Find terms related to Gaffer: auditor | Big Brother | boatswain | boss | centenarian | chief | comptroller | controller | dotard | duffer | elder | Father Time | floor manager | floorman | floorwalker | foreman | ganger | geezer | golden-ager | gramps | grandfather | grandsire | graybeard | head | headman | inspector | Methuselah | monitor | Nestor | nonagenarian | noncommissioned officer | octogenarian | old boy | old chap | old codger | old dog | old duffer | old geezer | old gent | old gentleman | old man | Old Paar | old party | older | oldster | old-timer | overman | overseer | pantaloon | patriarch | presbyter | proctor | senior citizen | septuagenarian | sexagenarian | sirdar | slave driver | straw boss | subforeman | super | superintendent | supervisor | surveyor | taskmaster | the quiet-voiced elders | venerable sir | veteran | visitor See Also | assistant foreman | baas | electrician | ganger | graybeard | greybeard | lineman | linesman | Methuselah | old man | straw boss | supervisor Gaffer In Webster's Dictionary \Gaf"fer\, n. [Possibly contr. fr. godfather; but prob.
fr. gramfer for grandfather. Cf. {Gammer}.]
1. An old fellow; an aged rustic.
Go to each gaffer and each goody. --Fawkes.
Note: Gaffer was originally a respectful title, now
degenerated into a term of familiarity or contempt when
addressed to an aged man in humble life.
2. A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers. [Prov. Eng.]
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Unsalaried ‐ not paying a salary; "an uncompensated…
- Nonalignment ‐ people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or…
- Lespedeza sericea ‐ perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially…
- Xenogenesis ‐ the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle…
- Overspecialize ‐ become overly specialized; "She overspecialized when she concentrated…
- Aythya americana ‐ North American diving duck with a gray-and-black body and reddish-brown…
- Magnetic moment ‐ the torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in…
- Viviparous ‐ (zoology) producing living young…
- Tenpin bowling ‐ bowling down an alley at a target of ten…
- Charadrius morinellus ‐ rare plover of upland areas…