gaffer

English Thesaurus

1. a person who exercises control over workers (noun.person)

hypernym	:	supervisor,
definition	:	one who supervises or has charge and direction of (noun.person)

hyponym	:	baas,
definition	:	South African term for `boss' (noun.person)

hyponym	:	ganger,
definition	:	the foreman of a work gang (noun.person)

hyponym	:	assistant foreman, straw boss,
definition	:	a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers (noun.person)

2. an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set (noun.person)

hypernym	:	electrician, lineman, linesman,
definition	:	a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines (noun.person)

3. an elderly man (noun.person)

hypernym	:	graybeard, greybeard, methuselah, old man,
definition	:	a man who is very old (noun.person)

4. a person who exercises control over workers (noun.person)

derivation	:	foremanship,
definition	:	the position of foreman (noun.act)

derivation	:	autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory,
definition	:	offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power (adj.all)

5. an elderly man (noun.person)

derivation	:	age-old, antique,
definition	:	belonging to or lasting from times long ago (adj.all)

6. a person who exercises control over workers (noun.person)

derivation	:	foremanship,
definition	:	the position of foreman (noun.act)

derivation	:	autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory,
definition	:	offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power (adj.all)

7. an elderly man (noun.person)

derivation	:	age-old, antique,
definition	:	belonging to or lasting from times long ago (adj.all)