staff¹ /stäf/

1. A stick carried in the hand
2. A prop or support
3. A long piece of wood
4. A pole
5. A flagstaff
6. A long handle
7. A stick or ensign of authority
8. A token authorizing an engine-driver to proceed along a section of single-track railway
9. A set of lines and spaces on which music is written or printed
10. A stanza
11. (in a watch or clock) the spindle of a balance wheel (these meanings have pl staffs or staves /stāvz/; see also stave)
12. A body of officers who help a commanding officer, or perform special duties
13. A body of people employed in an establishment, usu on management, administration, clerical, etc work as distinct from manual
14. The body of teachers or lecturers in a school, college, university, etc (these three meanings have pl staffs /stäfs/)

1. Belonging or attached to the staff
2. Applied also to officers on the staff of a commanding officer, at central headquarters, etc

To provide with a staff

staffˈer noun

1. A member of the permanent staff of a business, etc, usu as opposed to temporary or casual employees
2. A member of the editorial staff of a newspaper (press)

staff college noun (military)

A college that trains officers for staff appointments

staff corps noun (military)

1. A body of officers and men assisting a commanding officer and his or her staff
2. Formerly, a body that supplied officers to the Indian Army

staff duty noun (military)

The occupation of an officer who serves on a staff, having been detached from his or her regiment

staff notation noun

Musical notation in which a staff is used, as opposed to the tonic sol-fa system

staff nurse noun

A nurse immediately below a sister in rank

staff officer noun (military)

An executive officer serving on a staff

staff of life noun

Staple food, esp bread

staffˈroom noun

A room for the use of the staff, as of a school

staff sergeant noun (military)

A non-commissioned officer ranking above a sergeant and below a warrant officer

staff surgeon noun

1. A navy surgeon of senior grade
2. An army surgeon on the staff of a hospital, not with his or her regiment

staffˈ-sysˈtem noun

A block-system that uses a staff

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