"staffer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: staffers [plural], staff [plural]
Etymology: From staff + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|staff|-er|id2=occupation}} staff + -er Head templates: {{en-noun|s|staff}} staffer (plural staffers or staff)
  1. A member of a staff; an employee. Derived forms: junior staffer Translations (member of a staff): membre du personnel [masculine] (French), employé [masculine] (French), employée [feminine] (French), empregado [masculine] (Galician), empregada [feminine] (Galician), Mitarbeiter [masculine] (German), шта́тный сотру́дник (štátnyj sotrúdnik) [masculine] (Russian), шта́тная сотру́дница (štátnaja sotrúdnica) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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