Meaning of GAFFER
| Pronunciation: | | 'gafur
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | antique, boss, chief, foreman, honcho, mossback, old geezer, oldtimer, old-timer |
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| | See Also: | | assistant foreman, baas, electrician, ganger, graybeard, greybeard, lineman, linesman, Methuselah, old man, straw boss, supervisor | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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