variants
or less commonly go-fer
or gopher
informal
: an employee whose duties include running errands : lackey
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Why shouldn't an athletic director – or a gofer – be allowed to coach line drills?
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Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 28 Mar. 2024
The Football Oversight Committee apparently has had enough of this oppression that restricts gofers to gofering and smoothie makers to smoothie making.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 28 Mar. 2024
One rule adaptation is all that separates gofers from inhaling the intoxicating power of coaching a shuttle drill.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 28 Mar. 2024
After treating the divas to a lovely performance on harp, the gofer can’t resist a bit of braggadocio.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 28 Mar. 2024
The Football Oversight Committee apparently has had enough of this oppression that restricts gofers to gofering and smoothie makers to smoothie making.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 28 Mar. 2024
One rule adaptation is all that separates gofers from inhaling the intoxicating power of coaching a shuttle drill.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 28 Mar. 2024
After treating the divas to a lovely performance on harp, the gofer can’t resist a bit of braggadocio.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Gofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gofer. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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