noun
staffer
STAF-er/ˈstæfər/
A member of an organization's staff.
The staffer hands a rundown to a colleague beside the studio camera.
Etymology
The stick’s role as a badge of authority led to staff for officers assisting a commander, then employees generally. Staffer adds a person-forming ending and originally meant a staff-writer in journalism.
In context
Before that was a professional uh staffer at uh the foreign affairs committee um in in in the house. Um has also worked uh as part of the history staff at the CIA
More examples
- The newsroom hired three new staffers.
- She worked as a campaign staffer.
- A museum staffer guided visitors to the exit.
Forms
staffer · staffers
staff noun — the people working for an organization