noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of a staff; an employee.

   "The politician had a staffer send out the prepared statement."

2. 2
   an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

staff memberstaff membersubordinate

Example

More examples

"Tom spent much of the year working as a staffer on Mary's Senate campaign."

Etymology

From staff + -er.

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