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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gaffer/ˈɡafə(r)/

▶noun

1 Brit. informal one's supervisor or boss.

2 informal an old man.

3 the chief electrician in a film or television production unit.

– origin C16: prob. a contr. of godfather; cf. gammer.

'gaffer' also found in these Oxford entries:

gaffer tape - gammer

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