staffer
pronunciation
How to pronounce staffer in British English:
UK [ˈstɑ:fə(r)]
How to pronounce staffer in American English:
US [ˈstæfə(r)]
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- Noun:
- an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States)
Word Origin
- staffer (n.)
- "staff-writer," 1949, in journalism, from staff-writer (1878); from staff (n.) in the "group of employees" sense.
Example
- 1. " Our purpose is to reduce the liquidity in china , " says one senior cic staffer .
- 2. Those infected included the infant child of an abc news staffer .
- 3. A senior fed staffer said the most likely outcome was an orderly liquidation of aig , though it was possible that the firm could survive as an ongoing business .
- 4. But it was his ties to anna szarek , an actress and former staffer in the wse 's pr department , that brought him down .
- 5. He harried bill clinton for having sex with an intern 27 years his junior when he was having sex with a staffer 23 years younger than himself .