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staff·er

(stăf′ər)

A member of a staff: White House staffers.

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staffer

(ˈstɑːfə)

(Journalism & Publishing) informal a member of staff, esp, in journalism, of editorial staff

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staff•er

(ˈstæf ər, ˈstɑ fər)

n.

a member of a staff of employees, as at a newspaper.

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staffer - 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)

staff member

staff - personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job

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staffer

[ˈstɑːfəʳ] N (esp US) → miembro mf del personal, empleado/a m/f de plantilla

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staffer

n (esp US) → Mitarbeiter(in) m(f)

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