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staffman

[ staf-man, stahf- ]

noun

, plural staff·men.


staffman

/ ˈstɑːfˌmæn /

noun

  1. a person who holds the levelling staff when a survey is being made
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of staffman1

First recorded in 1650–60; staff 1 + man
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Example Sentences

Says one Carter staffman: "Jimmy has his good smiles and his bad smiles."

Gingrich had just come upon a copy of a letter from an AEC staffman authorizing Dr. Smith to discuss with the British "the basic metallurgy of plutonium."

But in his steady climb as a staffman, he caught the eye of Maxwell Taylor and later of John F. Kennedy, whom he was assigned to brief on military matters in the 1960 campaign.

But always jobs aplenty called for a workhorse staffman.

Though the commission had an advisory board of educators, it insisted that no member or staffman have any professional connection with education, religion or politics.

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