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An old fellow; an aged rustic.

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  1. n. An old fellow; an aged rustic.
  2. n. A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.
  3. n. an elderly man
  4. n. an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
  5. n. a person who exercises control over workers
  6. 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.]
  7. n:100 n. an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set