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n. An electrician in charge of lighting on a movie or television set.

n. Chiefly British An old man or a rustic.

n. Chiefly British A boss or foreman.

n. An old man.

n. A foreman.

n. An "Old Gaffer" is a sailor.

n. In Maritime regions "the Little Gaffer" is the baby in the house. (the boss!)

n. A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.

n. A glassblower.

n. An old fellow; an aged rustic.

n. A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.

n. One who gaffs fish: an angler's assistant who with a gaff secures the fish caught. Also gaffsman.

n. An old man: originally a rustic term of respect, used as a title; later applied familiarly to any old man of rustic condition.

n. In Great Britain, the foreman of a squad of workmen, especially of navvies; an overseer.

n. A workman in a glass-factory; a finisher.

n. an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set

n. an elderly man

n. a person who exercises control over workers

"I've never heard (or at least never noticed) the word gaffer before and I think I'm probably more familiar with British forms than most Americans (not saying much)."

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