gaffer
gaffer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adolescence
- animal
- beau
- blade
- boar
- boy
- buck
- bull
- bullock
- capon
- centenarian
- chap
- cock
- crone
- dog
- dotard
- drake
- elf
- entire
- est
- fellow
- gammer
- gander
- gay
- gelding
- gentleman
- goat
- good
- grandam
- grandfather
- grandsire
- graybeard
- hart
- him
- his
- horse
- husband
- lupus
- male
- man
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
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Definition-first questions whose answer is gaffer.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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