chief of staffn.

Brit.

/ˌtʃiːf əv ˈstɑːf/,

/ˌtʃiːf əv ˈstaf/, U.S.

/ˌtʃif əv ˈstæf/

Inflections: Plural chiefs of staff.

Forms: also with capital initials in the first and third elements.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chief n., of prep., staff n.¹

Etymology: < chief n. + of prep. + staff n.¹

1. Military. The senior staff officer of a particular service, command, or formation; (now typically) the most senior officer in each service of a country's armed forces.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > high-ranking officer

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1800 Raleigh (N. Carolina) Reg. 17 June General Deffolles, Chief of Staff of the army of the Rhine.

1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 96/2 As I had been compelled to leave my chief-of-staff, Colonel Jordan, at Manassas to forward any troops arriving there.

1959 Roundel June 3/1 NORAD is a truly integrated, international Command—responsible to both the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Canadian Chiefs of Staff Committee.

1977 Time 4 Apr. 23/2 Mobutu's Army Chief of Staff..claimed that the intruders were in retreat.

2017 London Rev. Bks. 21 Sept. 11/3 McPeak is 81 now, a fighter pilot who became a four-star general and chief of staff of the air force and helped plan Desert Storm.

2. Originally U.S. A person whose job is to lead the staff assisting and advising a political leader (originally the President of the United States); a person having a similar managerial and advisory role in any organization.The official title of the assistant to the President of the United States is White House Chief of Staff (cf. white house n. 2a(a)).

1875 Cincinnati Commerc. 12 Dec. 1/5 (headline) The whisky ring and the White House. Indictment of the President's chief-of-staff.

1954 Centralia (Illinois) Sentinel 19 Feb. (Final ed.) 1/6 Manion had said he resigned at the request of Sherman Adams, White House chief of staff.

2008 Vanity Fair Dec. 209/2 Reto Gregori, Bloomberg News's chief of staff, says he's broken himself of the habit of eating lunch since he started working here.

2011 Independent 15 Apr. 14/1 [He] signed the licence only after he was pressured to do so by Tony Blair's chief of staff, Jonathan Powell.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	chief of staff
释义	chief of staffn. Brit. /ˌtʃiːf əv ˈstɑːf/, /ˌtʃiːf əv ˈstaf/, U.S. /ˌtʃif əv ˈstæf/ Inflections: Plural chiefs of staff. Forms: also with capital initials in the first and third elements. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chief n., of prep., staff n.¹ Etymology: < chief n. + of prep. + staff n.¹ 1. Military. The senior staff officer of a particular service, command, or formation; (now typically) the most senior officer in each service of a country's armed forces. ΘΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > high-ranking officer marshal general1594 brass hat1887 tin hat1916 1800 Raleigh (N. Carolina) Reg. 17 June General Deffolles, Chief of Staff of the army of the Rhine. 1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 96/2 As I had been compelled to leave my chief-of-staff, Colonel Jordan, at Manassas to forward any troops arriving there. 1959 Roundel June 3/1 NORAD is a truly integrated, international Command—responsible to both the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Canadian Chiefs of Staff Committee. 1977 Time 4 Apr. 23/2 Mobutu's Army Chief of Staff..claimed that the intruders were in retreat. 2017 London Rev. Bks. 21 Sept. 11/3 McPeak is 81 now, a fighter pilot who became a four-star general and chief of staff of the air force and helped plan Desert Storm. 2. Originally U.S. A person whose job is to lead the staff assisting and advising a political leader (originally the President of the United States); a person having a similar managerial and advisory role in any organization.The official title of the assistant to the President of the United States is White House Chief of Staff (cf. white house n. 2a(a)). Π 1875 Cincinnati Commerc. 12 Dec. 1/5 (headline) The whisky ring and the White House. Indictment of the President's chief-of-staff. 1954 Centralia (Illinois) Sentinel 19 Feb. (Final ed.) 1/6 Manion had said he resigned at the request of Sherman Adams, White House chief of staff. 2008 Vanity Fair Dec. 209/2 Reto Gregori, Bloomberg News's chief of staff, says he's broken himself of the habit of eating lunch since he started working here. 2011 Independent 15 Apr. 14/1 [He] signed the licence only after he was pressured to do so by Tony Blair's chief of staff, Jonathan Powell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1800
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