gaffernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɡæf.ər/us/ˈɡæf.ɚ/gaffer noun [ C ] (MAN IN CHARGE)
UK informal a man who is in charge of other workers
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Bosses & managers
- administration
- boss
- captain of industry
- CEO
- chief executive
- chief executive officer
- founder
- general
- Goliath
- governance
- governor
- guvnor
- magnate
- manageress
- managing director
- middle management
- overseer
- president
- top brass
- vice president
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gaffer noun [ C ] (FILM)
specialized theatre & film the person responsible for the lights and other electrical equipment used when making a film or television programme
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Broadcasting: television
- aerial
- aspect
- autotune
- best boy
- boob tube
- breakfast television
- broadcast
- HD
- HDTV
- high def
- high definition
- high def
- receiver
- reception
- reveal
- square-eyed
- telegenic
- Teletext
- television
- televisual
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gaffer noun [ C ] (OLD MAN)
informal an old man
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Kinds of men
- a bit of rough idiom
- a man's man idiom
- adult
- alpha male
- beta male
- fop
- gay
- geezer
- gent
- gentleman
- ladies' man
- mac
- male chauvinist
- MCP
- medallion man
- sister under the skin idiom
- spiv
- sugar daddy
- suit
- suitor
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The elderly