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gofer

or go-fer, go·pher

[ goh-fer ]
/ ˈgoʊ fər /
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noun Slang.
an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
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Origin of gofer

1965–70; respelling of go for (verb phrase), with -er representing both vowel reduction in for and -er1

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH gofer

gofer , gopher

Words nearby gofer

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, goethite, Goetz, go far, go-faster stripe, gofer, goffer, goffering, Goffstown, go fish, go fly a kite
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Words related to gofer

gopher, grunt, peon, go getter, office boy, office girl, scrub

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British Dictionary definitions for gofer

gofer
/ (ˈɡəʊfə) /
noun
slang, mainly US and Canadian an employee or assistant whose duties include menial tasks such as running errands

Word Origin for gofer

C20: originally US: alteration of go for
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