Synonyms for gaffer

Grammar : Noun

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Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæf ər

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Définition of gaffer

Origin : 1580s, "elderly rustic," apparently a contraction of godfather (cf. gammer); originally "old man," it was applied from 1841 to foremen and supervisors, which sense carried over 20c. to "electrician in charge of lighting on a film set."

As in patriarch : noun male head

Example sentences :

"If your cask is leer, I warrant your purse is full, gaffer," shouted Hordle John.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

What did “she” mean by talking of “Gaffer,” in that strange way?
Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt

There were deeper currents than any he had seen at Gaffer Quelch's school.
Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting

That's the only thing you seem to have brought with you from Gaffer Quelch's.
Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting

My gaffer, Ole, had done me the honour in the forenoon of losing an 18-lb.
Extract from : « Lines in Pleasant Places » by William Senior

D' ye know what the diggins the squire did it for, Gaffer Solomons?
Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

There are a lot of them coming; but Gaffer Jones cant, nor can old Tilbury.
Extract from : « Girls of the True Blue » by L. T. Meade

Gaffer Jones was not there, nor was Mrs. Tilbury, nor any of her family.
Extract from : « Girls of the True Blue » by L. T. Meade

D'ye know what the diggins the Squire did it for, Gaffer Solomons?
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VI, November 1850, Vol. I » by Various

Now tell me, gaffer, can one see as far as America, do you think?
Extract from : « Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events » by S. Baring-Gould

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