gaffer

Meaning of gaffer

noun
  1. a person in charge of others; a boss.
    street cleaners stopping for a smoke when their gaffer isn't in the vicinity
  2. the chief electrician in a film or television production unit.
  3. 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.
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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:

antique

Meaning foreman:

foreman, chief, honcho, boss

Meaning a person responsible for controlling or administering an organization or group of staff:

manager

Meaning a female manager of a shop, restaurant, etc:

manageress

Meaning a female worker who supervises and directs other workers:

forewoman

Meaning a person who supervises others, especially workers:

overseer

Meaning a person or thing that directs or regulates something:

controller

Meaning a person who supervises a person or an activity:

supervisor

Meaning a person who manages or superintends an organization or activity:

superintendent

Meaning the foreman of a gang of labourers:

ganger

Meaning a main or large bolt in a central position:

kingpin

Meaning an important person, especially in a particular sphere:

bigwig

Meaning the captain of a ship or boat, especially a small trading or fishing vessel:

skipper

Meaning an official appointed to govern a town or region:

governor

Meaning a man in a position of authority such as one's employer or father (often used as a term of address):

guv'nor

Meaning an employer, especially one who exploits immigrant workers:

padrone

Meaning (among some North American Indian peoples) a chief:

sachem

Meaning a person who receives a pension, especially the retirement pension:

pensioner

Meaning the father of one's father or mother:

grandfather

Meaning a man, especially a peasant or an old man:

bodach

Meaning an old man:

greybeard, ancient

Meaning one's grandfather:

grandad

Meaning an old person:

wrinkly

Meaning a person or thing that reduces a shock or that forms a barrier between incompatible or antagonistic people or things:

buffer

Meaning a man, typically an old man or one regarded with some contempt:

josser

Meaning archaic term for grandfather:

grandsire

Meaning (in literature, especially comedy) an old man as a stock figure:

senex

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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