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Definition of gaffers in English English dictionary
- plural of gaffer
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- An "Old Gaffer" is a sailor
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- A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production
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- A foreman
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- In Maritime regions "the Little Gaffer" is the baby in the house. (the boss!)
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- {n} master, father, friend, old sir
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- (British English) informal - an old man – used humorously
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- the person who is in charge of the lighting in making a cinema film
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- (British English) informal - a man who is in charge of people, especially in a factory SYN boss
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- {i} employer, foreman, overseer; boss; old man (derogatory)
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- chief electrician; head of lighting department
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- The Chief Electrician
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- An old man
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- an elderly man
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- a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
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- 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
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- A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers
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- An old fellow; an aged rustic
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- 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
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- The main electrician and supervisor of lighting on a set
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- an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
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- An term used in the historic record to describe a master-glassworker
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- The master blower in charge of a team of hot glass workers
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- The master craftsman in charge of a chair, or team, of hot-glass workers
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- A lighting electrician for a motion-picture or television production