how to pronounce gaffer

/ˈɡæf.əɹ/

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gaffer is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of gaffer in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… I was so told off by the gaffer he …”

meanings of gaffer

noun:

A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.
An old man.
A glassblower.
A foreman.
A sailor.
The baby in the house.

name:

A surname.

gaffer frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word gaffer occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gaffer can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gaffer can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;