staffer

American  

[staf-er, stah-fer] / ˈstæf ər, ˈstɑ fər /

noun

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

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

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staffer British  

/ ˈstɑːfə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of staffer

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

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Example Sentences

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staffer

While on the phone Wednesday morning, one staffer watched a city trash can float by.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

“It’s not a permanent opposition,” he says, “There’s enough overlap already that we might see a staffer class that starts in DSA and is willing to entertain joining MYD.”

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Our staffer @vanessafranko does pen and ink drawings to compensate when artists don’t let us take their photo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Fain, a former Chrysler plant electrician from Kokomo, Ind., had been a virtually unknown staffer at the union’s Detroit headquarters when he narrowly won the top job in a runoff election in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

As one staffer saw it, the Urban League’s job was to develop “in the worker’s mind her personal responsibility to become a regular and efficient employee.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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