staffer

[staf-er, stah-fer]

noun

1. a member of a staff of employees or coworkers.

2. Journalism.,  an editorial employee, especially a writer.

staffer

/ ˈstɑːfə /

noun

1. informal,  a member of staff, esp, in journalism, of editorial staff

Word History and Origins

Origin of staffer¹

First recorded in 1680–90; staff ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

A staffer at the Bundestag, who is tracking the proposal, said there may "theoretically" be a sufficient window but admitted it did not appear to be a government priority.

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The federal workforce—including Senate staffers—missed its first full paycheck this week.

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In 2023 prosecutors accused Christopher Berry, an academic, and Christopher Cash, a parliamentary staffer, of passing information to Beijing.

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If they had read Mr. Barr’s 2018 memo instead of having staffers pick phrases from it, Democrats might have grasped this point already.

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The reason the Labor Department called back BLS staffers is because the numbers are needed for the Social Security Administration’s annual cost-of-living adjustments.

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