Gopher is a term used for the person in a workplace whose job it is to go and fetch things for other people in the workplace. This could include anything from three small bits of wood and 4 cc of mouse blood, to a toasted ham and cheese sandwich.

The term comes from the way a gopher is required to 'go-for' whatever their co-workers should require.

In some countries this job could also be known as 'dogsbody', although the term 'dogsbody' implies doing all sorts of menial tasks, not just 'going for' things.

Sometimes spelled as 'Gofer', to distinguish from the burrowing animal of the same name.

Sasha Gabba Hey! points out that in tradesmen's circles, more experienced personnel will invariably ask a gopher to fetch items such as a 'left-handed screwdriver', a bucket of stripey paint etc.