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1. [informal] An elderly man or woman
   - old-timer [informal], oldtimer [informal], old geezer [informal], antique [informal]
    
2. An electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
    
3. [Brit, informal] A person who exercises control over workers
   "if you want to leave early you have to ask the gaffer";
   - foreman, chief, honcho [N. Amer, informal], boss

Derived forms: gaffers

Type of: electrician, graybeard [US], greybeard [Brit, Cdn], lineman [N. Amer], linesman, Methuselah, old man, overlooker, sparky [Brit, informal], supervisor

Encyclopedia: Gaffer