gaffer
Meaning of gaffer
noun
- a person in charge of others; a boss.
street cleaners stopping for a smoke when their gaffer isn't in the vicinity
- the chief electrician in a film or television production unit.
- an old man.
you'll find the same old distinguished-looking gaffers at any awards dinner
late 16th century (in gaffer (sense 3 of the noun)): probably a contraction of godfather; compare with gammer.
Information about gaffer
- It is a name.
- The plural form of gaffer is: gaffers.
- Languages in which gaffer is used:
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Hyphenation of gaffer
gaffer
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- gaffer is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
gaffer synonyms
Meaning old-timer:
Meaning foreman:
Meaning a person responsible for controlling or administering an organization or group of staff:
Meaning a female manager of a shop, restaurant, etc:
Meaning a female worker who supervises and directs other workers:
Meaning a person who supervises others, especially workers:
Meaning a person or thing that directs or regulates something:
Meaning a person who supervises a person or an activity:
Meaning a person who manages or superintends an organization or activity:
Meaning the foreman of a gang of labourers:
Meaning a main or large bolt in a central position:
Meaning an important person, especially in a particular sphere:
Meaning the captain of a ship or boat, especially a small trading or fishing vessel:
Meaning an official appointed to govern a town or region:
Meaning a man in a position of authority such as one's employer or father (often used as a term of address):
Meaning an employer, especially one who exploits immigrant workers:
Meaning (among some North American Indian peoples) a chief:
Meaning a person who receives a pension, especially the retirement pension:
Meaning the father of one's father or mother:
Meaning a man, especially a peasant or an old man:
Meaning an old man:
Meaning one's grandfather:
Meaning an old person:
Meaning a person or thing that reduces a shock or that forms a barrier between incompatible or antagonistic people or things:
Meaning a man, typically an old man or one regarded with some contempt:
Meaning archaic term for grandfather:
Meaning (in literature, especially comedy) an old man as a stock figure:
Words that rhyme with gaffer
Affer, Schaffer, Shaffer, caffer, chaffer, flaffer, graffer, naffer, piaffer, quaffer, scaffer, sclaffer, staffer, zaffer, Bonhoeffer, Keffer, Kieffer, Pfeffer, Rodeheffer, Schaeffer, Schrieffer, Shaeffer, deffer, hasenpfeffer, hassenpfeffer, Giffer, Jeniffer, Peiffer, chiffer, differ, niffer, sniffer, squiffer, stiffer, triffer, whiffer, Christoffer, Hoffer, Kristoffer, Soffer, choffer, coffer, counteroffer, doffer, feoffer, fogscoffer, foreproffer, goffer, offer, preoffer
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