'Gaffer' definitions:
Definition of 'gaffer'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Gaffer'
From: GCIDE
- Gaffer \Gaf"fer\ (g[a^]f"f[~e]r), n. [Possibly contr. fr. godfather; but prob. fr. gramfer for grandfather. Cf. Gammer.]
- 1. An old fellow; an aged rustic. [1913 Webster]
- Go to each gaffer and each goody. --Fawkes. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gaffer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- auditor,
- Big Brother,
- boatswain,
- boss,
- centenarian,
- chief,
- comptroller,
- controller,
- dotard,
- duffer,
- elder,
- Father Time,
- floor manager,
- floorman,
- floorwalker,
- foreman,
- ganger,
- geezer,
- golden-ager,
- gramps,
- grandfather,
- grandsire,
- graybeard,
- head,
- headman,
- inspector,
- Methuselah,
- monitor,
- Nestor,
- nonagenarian,
- noncommissioned officer,
- octogenarian,
- old boy,
- old chap,
- old codger,
- old dog,
- old duffer,
- old geezer,
- old gent,
- old gentleman,
- old man,
- Old Paar,
- old party,
- old-timer,
- older,
- oldster,
- overman,
- overseer,
- pantaloon,
- patriarch,
- presbyter,
- proctor,
- senior citizen,
- septuagenarian,
- sexagenarian,
- sirdar,
- slave driver,
- straw boss,
- subforeman,
- super,
- superintendent,
- supervisor,
- surveyor,
- taskmaster,
- the quiet-voiced elders,
- venerable sir,
- veteran,
- visitor