Gaffer

//ɡæfɚ//

Synonyms for "gaffer" (86 found)

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More general

6 entries

Synonyms

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Related terms

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at location

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derived

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derived from

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

44 translations across 15 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бригадир noun (foreman)
  • дядка noun (old man)
  • осветител noun (chief lighting technician)
  • старче noun (old man)

Catalan

1 entries
  • gaffer noun (chief lighting technician)

Czech

4 entries
  • mistr noun (foreman)
  • předák noun (foreman)
  • strejc noun (old man)
  • vrchní osvětlovač noun (chief lighting technician)

Danish

3 entries
  • formand noun (foreman)
  • gammel mand noun (old man)
  • lysmand noun (chief lighting technician)

Dutch

1 entries
  • gaffer noun (chief lighting technician)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kymppi noun (foreman)
  • pikipöksy noun (sailor)
  • pomo noun (foreman)
  • taata noun (old man)

French

2 entries
  • contre-maître noun (foreman)
  • éclairagiste noun (chief lighting technician)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ათისთავი noun (foreman)
  • ბებერი noun (old man)
  • ბერიკაცი noun (old man)
  • მეზღვაური noun (sailor)

German

1 entries
  • Oberbeleuchter noun (chief lighting technician)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • ljósameistari noun (chief lighting technician)

Irish

1 entries
  • saoiste noun (chief lighting technician)

Italian

4 entries
  • anziano noun (old man)
  • caposquadra noun (foreman)
  • responsabile luci noun (chief lighting technician)
  • vecchio noun (old man)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • دده noun (old man)

Romanian

4 entries
  • bătrân noun (old man)
  • maestru de lumini noun (chief lighting technician)
  • maistru noun (foreman)
  • moș noun (old man)

Russian

4 entries
  • бригади́р noun (foreman)
  • гла́вный освети́тель noun (chief lighting technician)
  • деся́тник noun (foreman)
  • стари́к noun (old man)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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As she was going through the wood, she met Gaffer Wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up; but he dared not, because of some fagot-makers hard by in the forest. He asked her whither she was going. The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and hear a wolf talk, said to him:— "I am going to see my grandmother, and carry her a custard and a little pot of butter from my mamma.

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Tom is the gaffer here.

Source: tatoeba (12307830)

The apprentice carries a gather of glass on the blowpipe to the gaffer's bench […]

Source: wiktionary

If thou return not, Gammer o'er her pail Will sing in sorrow, 'neath the brinded cow, And Gaffer sigh over his nut-brown ale […]

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