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Gaffer

nounid 65321·updated May 18, 2026
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an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
antiqueboss
plural
Gaffers
possessive
Gaffer's
pluralpossessive
Gaffers'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
a person who exercises control over workers
§2
an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
§3
an elderly man
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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