staffer

[ staf-er, stah-fer ]

noun

1. a member of a staff of employees or coworkers.
2. Journalism. an editorial employee, especially a writer. Compare stringer ( def 6 ).

staffer

/ ˈstɑːfə /

noun

1. informal.
   a member of staff, esp, in journalism, of editorial staff

Word History and Origins

Origin of staffer¹

First recorded in 1680–90; staff ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

A memo shared with Trump's team detailed the allegations from the then 30-year-old staffer of a California Republican group.

From Salon

Any effort to reduce or eliminate chemical additives in foods would require experienced staffers to draft new rules and shepherd them through the required regulatory process, said Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group.

From Los Angeles Times

At FDA, Kennedy has warned staffers to “preserve your records” and “pack your bags” and said “entire departments” at that agency have “got to go.”

From Science Magazine

Yang cryptically revealed in August that a host brought several staffers to tears because “he hated the ideas” they had.

From Los Angeles Times

He expects Trump’s team will be mining staffers in Susie Wiles’s team and in the state, whose congressional and Senate delegations came out early for Trump.

From BBC

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