"Gaffer" meaning in All languages combined

See Gaffer on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gaffer
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Gaffer-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈɡafɐ/ Audio: De-Gaffer.ogg
Etymology: From gaffen + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|de|gaffen|er}} gaffen + -er Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Gaffer m (strong, genitive Gaffers, plural Gaffer, feminine Gafferin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Gaffers [genitive], Gaffer [plural], Gafferin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Gaffer [nominative, singular], Gaffer [definite, nominative, plural], Gaffers [genitive, singular], Gaffer [definite, genitive, plural], Gaffer [dative, singular], Gaffern [dative, definite, plural], Gaffer [accusative, singular], Gaffer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. agent noun of gaffen Tags: agent, form-of, masculine, strong Form of: gaffen
    Sense id: en-Gaffer-de-noun-yj7RXOIB Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 50 50
  2. agent noun of gaffen
    (colloquial) rubberneck, gawker, onlooker (undesired spectator of a scene of crime or accident)
    Tags: colloquial, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Gaffer-de-noun-vTBFF3qU Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Gafferei, Schaulustiger

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Gaffer meaning in All languages combined (3.5kB)

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