Noun gaffer has 3 senses
  1. old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer, antique - an elderly man
    --1 is a kind of old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah
  2. gaffer - an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
    --2 is a kind of
    electrician, lineman, linesman
  3. foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss - a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
    --3 is a kind of supervisor
    --3 has particulars: baas; ganger; straw boss, assistant foreman
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