Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An employee who runs errands in addition to performing regular duties.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A waffle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal A
worker who runs errands; anerrand boy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an employee whose duties include running errands
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Sol Stern, a conservative commentator with The Manhatten Institute perhaps put it best when he said that Mr. Polakow-Suransky will be treated as a "gofer" by the mayor and Ms. Black.
Gary Anderson: Cathleen Black: Education's Sarah Palin? Gary Anderson 2010
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Young Ted Chapin, a production "gofer," kept a diary of rehearsals, Boston tryout and New York premiere, in 1971.
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Mukasey could easily fire half of these "gofer" appointees and eliminate their jobs.
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I didn't lift anything, I just was the "gofer" for little stuff.
katress Diary Entry katress 2006
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A simple translation for transportation is "gofer".
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2003
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I worked as their "gofer," there to fetch their coffee, their bagels, their morning fare, their fuzzy bunny slippers.
Y.P.R.: Those Were the Salad Days, although These Are Good, Too 2002
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"They are getting some 'gofer' out there to jump on these things, and then it's, 'Hasta la vista, baby,'" Cooper said.
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Instead of the stereotypical "gofer" work, such as photocopying, my job consisted of tasks such as thinking of questions for interviews, proof-reading Marci's blog posts, and keeping an eye on her dog, Sinatra, during phone interviews.
The Blog Herald 2009
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David says that someone is leaving their job, so they need to look for someone to fill the "gofer" job.
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Instead of the stereotypical "gofer" work, such as photocopying, my job consisted of tasks such as thinking of questions for interviews, proof-reading Marci's blog posts, and keeping an eye on her dog, Sinatra, during phone interviews.
The Blog Herald 2009
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