Defenition of the word gaffer

• Defenition of the word gaffer

  • a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
  • an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
  • an elderly man
  • a person who exercises control over workers

Synonyms for the word gaffer

• • antique
  • boss
  • chief
  • foreman
  • honcho
  • mossback
  • old geezer
  • old-timer

Hyponyms for the word gaffer

• • assistant foreman
  • baas
  • ganger
  • straw boss

Hypernyms for the word gaffer

• • electrician
  • graybeard
  • greybeard
  • lineman
  • linesman
  • Methuselah
  • old man
  • supervisor

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