gofer
or go-fer, go·pher
[ goh-fer ]
/ ˈgoʊ fər /
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 gopherWords nearby gofer
goethals, goethe, goethe, johann wolfgang von, goethite, goetz, gofer, goffer, goffering, goffstown, gog, gog and magog
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Example sentences from the Web for gofer
I was the gofer guy who made $285 a week cleaning toilets.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’|The Center for Investigative Reporting|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST"Henry Hill was a just a gofer," remembers veteran crime reporter Pileggi.
Dougherty got his start in the news business as a gofer on The Washington Post sports desk in the 1970s.
A relic of old times is found in the custom at Newark known as “Ringing for Gofer.”
The Great North Road: London to York|Charles G. Harper
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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