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noun 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)
originEtymology tree English staff Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English staffer From staff + -er.
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