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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

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The number of full-timer statehouse reporters continues to decline, Pew found.

From Seattle Times Apr. 15, 2022

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

From Washington Times Mar. 13, 2020

“The full-timer waterman, though — that’s getting less and less.”

From Washington Post Jun. 19, 2016

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

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