Thesaurus: gaffer
An old fellow; an aged rustic.
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Definitions
- n. An old fellow; an aged rustic.
- n. A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.
- n. an elderly man
- n. an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
- n. a person who exercises control over workers
- 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.]
- n:100 n. an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set