gaffer

Significado (Inglés)

1. A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.
2. A glassblower.
3. Someone aboard a boat whose duty is to gaff a (large) fish once the angler has reeled it in.

Conceptos

patrona

capataz

dirigente

dueño

jefa

jefe

líder

viejo

🧓

antigualla

carcamal

jerarca

patrón

vejestorio

veterano

anciano

matusalén

Sinónimos

boss

foreman

chief

antique

honcho

old geezer

old-timer

head

oldtimer

chairperson

conductor

contractor

cosh

custodian

employer

fuhrer

geezer

governor

headman

janitor

king

👑

leader

master

mastermind

nightstick

old man

oldster

power

ringleader

ruler

steward

stewardess

subcontractor

superintendent

supervisor

taker

tribune

truncheon

turnkey

billystick

caudillo

stun baton

authority

baton

bellwether

bigwig

billy

billy club

blackjack

caretaker

Traducciones

caposquadra

chef

ihtiyar

🧓

Väterchen

bapîr

dede

Gevatter

Alterchen

Opa

antiquité

capo

éclairagiste

kalik

chefe

saka

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɡæfɚ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con francés: compère

Cognado con alemán: Gevatter

In summary

From gaff (“hook”) + -er.
* (cinema): The natural lighting on early film sets was adjusted by opening and closing flaps in the tent cloths, called gaff cloths or gaff flaps.
* (glass)