English-Thai Dictionary

gaffer

N หัวหน้าคนงาน  ช่าง ควบคุม ไฟ ใน โทรทัศน์ หรือ ภาพยนตร์  boss hua-na-kon-ngan

 

gaffer

SL ชาย แก่  ชาย ชรา  chai-kea

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAFFER

n.[Heb. gebar, a man, vir.] A word of respect, which seems to have degenerated into a term of familiarity or contempt. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GAFFER

Gaf "fer, n. Etym: [Possibly contr. fr. godfather; but prob. fr. gramfer for grandfather. Cf. Gammer. ]

 

1. An old fellow; an aged rustic. Go to each gaffer and each goody. Fawkes.

 

Note: Gaffer was originally a respectful title, now degenerated into a term of familiarity or contempt when addressed to an aged man in humble life.

 

2. A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gaffer

gaf fer |ˈgafər ˈɡæfər | ▶noun 1 the chief electrician in a motion-picture or television production unit. 2 informal an old man. 3 Brit. informal a person in charge of others; a boss. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: probably a contraction of godfather; compare with gammer .

 

gaffer tape

gaf ¦fer tape ▶noun [ mass noun ] strong cloth-backed waterproof adhesive tape.

 

Oxford Dictionary

gaffer

gaf ¦fer |ˈgafə | ▶noun 1 Brit. informal a person in charge of others; a boss. 2 the chief electrician in a film or television production unit. 3 informal an old man. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in sense 3 ): probably a contraction of godfather; compare with gammer .

 

gaffer tape

gaf ¦fer tape ▶noun [ mass noun ] strong cloth-backed waterproof adhesive tape.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gaffer

gaffer noun 1 Brit. informal being the gaffer's gone to her head: boss, manager, manageress, foreman, forewoman, overseer, controller, supervisor, superintendent; Brit. ganger; informal bossman, number one, kingpin, top dog, bigwig, big cheese, Mr Big, skipper; Brit. informal governor, guv'nor; N. Amer. informal honcho, head honcho, numero uno, padrone, sachem, big wheel, big kahuna, big white chief, high muckamuck. 2 informal old gaffers tottering past on sticks: old man, elderly man, senior citizen, pensioner, OAP, grandfather; Scottish & Irish bodach; informal old bloke, old boy, old guy, old codger, old geezer, old-timer, greybeard, grandad, wrinkly; Brit. informal buffer, josser; N. Amer. informal old coot; archaic grandsire, ancient; rare senex.

 

Duden Dictionary

Gaffer

Gaf fer Substantiv, maskulin abwertend , der Gafferin |G a ffer |der Gaffer; Genitiv: des Gaffers, Plural: die Gaffer jemand, der gaffend dasteht

 

Gafferei

Gaf fe rei Substantiv, feminin abwertend , die |Gaffer ei |fortwährendes Gaffen

 

Gafferin

Gaf fe rin Substantiv, feminin , die |G a fferin |weibliche Form zu Gaffer

 

French Dictionary

gaffer

gaffer v. intr. verbe intransitif familier Faire une gaffe, commettre une maladresse. : Zut, j ’ai encore gaffé! aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gaffer

gaf fer /ɡǽfə r /〖godfatherの短縮形 〗名詞 C 1 ｟英 くだけて ｠〖通例the ～; 単数形で 〗(工場 現場の )親方, 監督 ; 〖時に呼びかけで 〗おやじさん .2 (映画 テレビなどの )照明係 ; 主任電気工 .3 ｟くだけて /おどけて ｠年寄り, じいさん .