gaffer
noun [C] (OLD MAN) /ˈɡæf.ər/
/-ɚ/ informalDefinition
› an old manKinds of menMen and womenThe elderlyOld or old-fashionedDescribing people who are old
(Definition of gaffer noun (OLD MAN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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