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full-timer

American  
[fool-tahy-mer] / ˈfʊlˈtaɪ mər /

noun

  1. a full-time worker.


Etymology

Origin of full-timer

1865–70, for earlier sense; full-time + -er 1

Example Sentences

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At 37, Rapinoe is no longer a full-timer, and so the leading role could land with 20-year-old Rodman, 18-year-old Alyssa Thompson or veteran Lynn Williams.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023

He and his staff - one full-timer, 14 part-time employees - aren’t sure what comes next.

From Washington Times • Mar. 13, 2020

Drake, who first broke into the big leagues as an umpire in 1999 and became a full-timer a decade later, is not involved in the World Series currently underway.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2019

Vitti, 61, will remain with the team as a consultant for two years after this season but will soon be done traveling as a full-timer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2015

A journalist, a freelance and subsequently as a full-timer since 1992, Shiv Kumar was the Goa correspondent of The Indian Express from 1998 to 2000.

From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various