gofer

variants or gopher

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gofer Detailing his gofer duties today to the court, Kaplan is known to have left Combs’ employ after a year, in some part due to the violence he is said to have seen. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 May 2025 James also worked as a gofer on the Harry Potter sets, as well as on the set of The Da Vinci Code (2006). Julia Emmanuele, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025 Take his role in Nickel Boys as a seemingly harmless gofer who turns out to be capable of shocking violence. Nate Jones, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025 While gopher tortoises can be encountered in abundance during a visit to the park, guests can also marvel at its longleaf pine forests, with bird species like the downy woodpecker and red-breasted nuthatch found flitting from tree to tree. Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gofer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gofer
Noun
  • Freshman Rashad McCants scored 25 points on 10-of-15 shooting for the Tar Heels, who were coached in the Preseason NIT semifinal by former Jayhawk assistant Matt Doherty.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The assistant can handle more complex requests too.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Having progressed from bottle washing and being a general dogsbody to a youth strength and conditioning coach, Bunce served as Southampton’s head of athletic development between 2011 and 2014, working closely with youngsters such as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Luke Shaw.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Mercedes is everybody’s dogsbody, at home and at work.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • But the ringer is Michael Cera, as Norwegian tutor Bjørn Lund, employed as an all-purpose factotum by the shady, swaggering, death-defying entrepreneur played by Del Toro.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
  • Sophie Monks Kaufman is a writer, film-industry factotum and mixed bag of expressive impulses based in London.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Offload drudge work and risky tasks so humans can focus on safer, more creative work.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Jackson hoped that the exhibition would counter the misconception that medieval women were universally downtrodden drudges.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Nearly 200,000 workers are employed in animal care and services, including kennel attendants, groomers, stable hands, zoo keepers and animal trainers.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Jachino said the Elk Grove Food Bank could use parking attendants to help direct traffic in their lot, but there are dwindling supplies for volunteers to sort.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Choupette is cared for at great expense and in the utmost luxury by Françoise Caçote, the designer’s former housekeeper.
    Allison Anna Tait, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The children's longtime nanny, Maria Turrion Borrallo, and the housekeepers will likely stay on other smaller properties on the estate, the outlet reported.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025

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“Gofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gofer. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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