gaffer

English - Turkish

Definition of gaffer in English Turkish dictionary

patron/moruk

yaşlı insan

{i} şef

ihtiyar

ustabaşı

patron

yaşlı adam

(Film) ışık şefi

{i} moruk

saka

asag yaşll adam

{i} müdür

pinpon

Related Terms

gaffer tape

Dayanıklı, yapışkansız yüzeyi genellikle kumaşlı, su geçirmeyen yapışkanlı bant

English - English

Definition of gaffer in English English dictionary

An "Old Gaffer" is a sailor

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

A foreman

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

An old man

{n} master, father, friend, old sir

(British English) informal - an old man – used humorously

the person who is in charge of the lighting in making a cinema film

(British English) informal - a man who is in charge of people, especially in a factory SYN boss

{i} employer, foreman, overseer; boss; old man (derogatory)

chief electrician; head of lighting department

The Chief Electrician

an elderly man

a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

The head lighting technician in a film or video crew Implements the lighting plans of the Director of Photography and is responsible for set power requirements

A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers

An old fellow; an aged rustic

People use gaffer to refer to the the person in charge of the workers at a place of work such as a factory. The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time. = boss

The main electrician and supervisor of lighting on a set

an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set

An term used in the historic record to describe a master-glassworker

The master blower in charge of a team of hot glass workers

The master craftsman in charge of a chair, or team, of hot-glass workers

A lighting electrician for a motion-picture or television production

Related Terms

gaffer tape

A sturdy adhesive tape, made of plastic reinforced with cross-linked fibre, often used by lighting electricians

gaffer tapes

plural form of gaffer tape

gaffer tape

[MASS NOUN] strong cloth-backed waterproof adhesive tape

gaffers

plural of gaffer

Hyphenation

gaf·fer

Etymology

[ 'ga-f&r ] (noun.) 1575. From Middle English gaffe (“a hook”) + -er. The natural lighting on early film sets, was adjusted by opening and closing flaps in the tent cloths, called gaff cloths or gaff flaps.