noun
Meaning 1
A member of a staff; an employee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The politician had a staffer send out the prepared statement.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
staffer
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noun
Meaning 2
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: staff member
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: employee
History
Etymology
From staff + -er.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: membre du personnel — member of a staff
- French: employé — member of a staff
- French: employée — member of a staff
- Galician: empregado — member of a staff
- Galician: empregada — member of a staff
- German: Mitarbeiter — member of a staff
- Russian: шта́тный сотру́дник (štátnyj sotrúdnik) — member of a staff
- Russian: шта́тная сотру́дница (štátnaja sotrúdnica) — member of a staff