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Gaffer

Gaffer Meaning & Definition
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.]

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