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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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He should honor it by choosing a full-timer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 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

Savage has one part-time employee, but plans to hire a full-timer to help facilitate the growing demand for the pods.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 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

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