Definition of "gofer" [gofer]

• Slang An employee who runs errands in addition to performing regular duties. (noun)

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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."
• "Young Ted Chapin, a production "gofer," kept a diary of rehearsals, Boston tryout and New York premiere, in 1971."
• "Mukasey could easily fire half of these "gofer" appointees and eliminate their jobs."