gaffer

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see also: Gaffer

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ɡæfɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ɡæfə/

Noun

gaffer (plural gaffers)

1. (film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.
2. A glassblower.

Related terms

• gaffer tape

Translations

• French: éclairagiste
• German: Oberbeleuchter
• Italian: responsabile luci
• Russian: гла́вный освети́тель

Noun

gaffer (plural gaffers)

1. (colloquial) An old man.
   • 1845, Thomas Cooper, The Purgatory of Suicides, Book the Fourth, Stanza IX:

     If thou return not, Gammer o'er her pail

     Will sing in sorrow, 'neath the brinded cow,

     And Gaffer sigh over his nut-brown ale […]

2. (British) A foreman.
3. A sailor.
4. (in Maritime regions) The baby in the house.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:old man

Related terms

• gammer

Translations

• Italian: vecchio, anziano
• Russian: стари́к

Translations

• French: contre-maître
• Italian: caposquadra
• Russian: деся́тник

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Gaffer

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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