gofer

noun

variants or gopher
Definition of gofernext
as in assistant

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Recent Examples of gofer Visitors can walk 7 miles of trails and see 140 bird species and animals such as manatees, dolphins, alligators, otters, bobcats, sea turtles and gopher tortoises. — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026 While conservationists have learned everything there is to know about dusky gopher frogs — including habitat management, breeding and larval development —the importance of rebuild its population extends far beyond one species. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 Their brother, Bill, steals the film as an unstable groundskeeper who is tasked with killing an errant gopher. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026 The commissioners have also overseen the heartbreaking and mounting losses of species such as Florida gopher tortoises to development. — Joe Murphy, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for gofer
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  1. assistant
  2. dogsbody
  3. factotum
  4. drudge
  5. attendant
  6. housekeeper
Noun
  • That’s according to the European Commission, which is now cracking down on what that means for AI assistants.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • The video assistant referee, on the whole, was judged to have been a success.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of assistant
Noun
  • From 1938 to 1940 Nick Clifford was on Mount Rushmore, first as dogsbody and wood-chopper, then as labourer and winchman.
    — The Economist, The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Charley, who already has a casual job with Del (Steve Buscemi), a local horse trainer, now becomes his full-time dogsbody, or nagsbody—cleaning the stables, driving the truck, or walking Lean on Pete.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
Definition of dogsbody
Noun
  • The burly bureaucrat in dark slacks and a navy sweater has a scruffy beard and the frazzled look of an anonymous factotum thrust into the limelight.
    — Joshua Hunt, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2026
  • Having thus proved his usefulness — and that there’s no task too lowly for this factotum to unquestioningly carry out — Henri is duly hired and suddenly his fortunes are on the rise.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 May 2026
Definition of factotum
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  • Although free labor can help a candidate win, volunteers are also seen as a source of risk, best restricted to such drudge work as phone banking or door knocking.
    — Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Workers may be hoping that AI can finally take over their drudge work in the new year—ease their loads and shorten the workweek, or at least make more space for life outside the office.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2025
Definition of drudge
Noun
  • In attendance at Thursday’s event were 66 nations, according to a State Department spokesperson, who provided the list of attendants to TIME.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 16 July 2026
  • Could convenience stores and gas stations in America pay their cashiers and attendants $20 or more an hour plus a pension and five weeks’ vacation?
    — Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
Definition of attendant
Noun
  • But Sunchine’s housekeepers spent their shifts at The Club cleaning hundreds of Airbnb units rather than common areas, according to homeowners.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Saar took a smiling mammy figure and replaced the pencil a Black housekeeper would have used for her client’s grocery list with a rifle and grenade.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of housekeeper

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