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Gaffer

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1 English

1.1 Etymology
1.2 Noun

1.2.1 Related terms
1.2.2 Translations

1.3 Etymology
1.4 Noun

1.4.1 Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English gaffe, a hook. (The lighting of early films, which used natural light, was adjusted by tent cloths adjusted by stagehands using long poles, called gaffes.)

Noun

gaffer (plural gaffers)

  1. A lighting electrician for a motion-picture or television production.

Related terms

Translations

Etymology

Probably from the French gramfer, grandfather, although possibly an alteration of godfather.

Noun

  1. (colloquial) An old man.
  2. (British) A foreman.

Translations

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