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staffman

American  
[staf-man, stahf-] / ˈstæfˌmæn, ˈstɑf- /

noun

staffmen plural
  1. staffer.


staffman British  
/ ˈstɑːfˌmæn /

noun

  1. a person who holds the levelling staff when a survey is being made

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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noun

Etymology

Origin of staffman

First recorded in 1650–60; staff 1 + man

Example Sentences

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Says one Carter staffman: "Jimmy has his good smiles and his bad smiles."

From Time Magazine Archive

Writer White is the second prominent staffman of The New Yorker to show drawing ability after success in writing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Precedent for the Governor's plan is found in the fact that, 20 years ago, Connecticut Governor George L. Lilley made a staffman out of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. �The President received Senator Sackett.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gingrich had just come upon a copy of a letter from an AEC staffman authorizing Dr. Smith to discuss with the British "the basic metallurgy of plutonium."

From Time Magazine Archive

A good staffman doesn't act the way you do.

From Alarm Clock by Dongen, H. R. van

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