GAFFER

foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss

(noun) a person who exercises control over workers; “if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman”

gaffer

(noun) an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set

oldtimer, old-timer, gaffer, old geezer, antique

(noun) an elderly man

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Gaffer

A surname.

Anagrams

• Graeff

Etymology 1

Noun

gaffer (plural gaffers)

(film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.

A glassblower.

Etymology 2

Noun

gaffer (plural gaffers)

(colloquial) An old man.

(British) A foreman.

A sailor.

(in Maritime regions) The baby in the house.

Synonyms

• See also old man

Anagrams

• Graeff

Source: Wiktionary


Gaf"fer, n. Etym: [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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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