gaffer

Meanings

1. A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.
2. A glassblower.
3. Someone aboard a boat whose duty is to gaff a (large) fish once the angler has reeled it in.

1. An old person, usually a man.
2. The leader of a group or team, such as a boss, foreman, coach, or publican.
3. A sailor.
4. The baby in the house.

1. A surname.

Etymology

From gaff (“hook”) + -er. * (cinema): The natural lighting on early film sets was adjusted by opening and closing flaps in the tent cloths, called gaff cloths or gaff flaps. * (glass)