gofer
or go-fer, go·pher
[ goh-fer ]
/ ˈgoʊ fər /
noun Slang.
an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
Nearby words
goethe, goethe, johann wolfgang von, goethian, goethite, goetz, gofer, goffer, goffering, goffstown, gog, gog and magog
Origin of gofer
1965–70; respelling of go for (verb phrase), with -er representing both vowel reduction in for and -er1
Can be confused
gofer gopherDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples 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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