staffer

noun

staff·​er ˈsta-fər How to pronounce staffer (audio)
: a member of a staff (as of a newspaper)

Examples of staffer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Long Beach Media Guild has alleged that all nine staffers were laid off without severance pay. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024 Media buys and payroll took up the rest of the Biden campaign's spending expenditures: $1.6 million was spent on media buys or production, while 141 staffers were listed as receiving payroll payments. Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024 Management gathered in a room as staffers demonstrated. Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024 Issuing Guidance for Proper Staffing One of the key indicators of a failing guardianship system involves caseloads that are higher than a 20:1 ratio of wards to staffers, according to a recent report by the country’s premier guardianship researchers. Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2024 As Bob Melvin prepared to address reporters afterward, a communications staffer rushed to his side and whispered a message in his ear. Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024 Rather, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other tech giants have laid off tens of thousands of employees after adding too many staffers as e-commerce boomed during the pandemic. Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024 Last week, the IDF struck a U.N. food distribution center in Rafah, in the south, killing a U.N. staffer and injuring more than 20. Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024 The shakeup saw more than 60 staffers fired on Monday. Hadriana Lowenkron, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of staffer was in 1862

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“Staffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staffer. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

staffer

noun
staff·​er ˈstaf-ər How to pronounce staffer (audio)
: a member of a staff and especially a newspaper staff
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