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Staff   /stæf/   Listen
Staff

noun
1.
Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.  "The general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"
2.
A strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose.
3.
The body of teachers and administrators at a school.  Synonym: faculty.
4.
Building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration.
5.
A rod carried as a symbol.
6.
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written.  Synonym: stave.
verb
1.
Provide with staff.
2.
Serve on the staff of.



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"Staff" Quotes from Famous Books



... was at the battle of Melazzo that, watching some English sailors, who had obtained leave from their ships and volunteered their services in the cause of freedom, and were very skilfully managing some pieces of artillery, the idea occurred to Garibaldi and some of his staff, to invite the services of England by the formation ...
— Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo • W. Cope Devereux
... height thou canst not climb; All triumphs may be thine in Time's futurity, If, whatso'er thy fault, thou dost not faint or halt; But lean upon the staff of ...
— In Tune with the Infinite - or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty • Ralph Waldo Trine
... his staff-officers were in front. They passed too rapidly for individual notice, but it was a grand moving picture of handsome men in scarlet and gold—of graceful mangas and waving plumes, and bright-colored velvet capes; ...
— Remember the Alamo • Amelia E. Barr
... The Superintendent had met him in a Yorkshire town during a protracted and difficult inquiry into the death of a wealthy recluse; although the man was merely an ordinary constable he had shown such resourcefulness, such ability of a rare order, that he was invited to join the staff of the Criminal Investigation Department, and had warranted Winter's judgment ...
— The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley • Louis Tracy
... everything reproduced where I couldn't buy outright. I want to enjoy my money while I'm still young. I didn't care what it cost to get the proper surroundings. As I said to my architect and to my staff of artists, I expected to be cheated, but I wanted the goods. And I got the goods. I'll show you through the house after dinner. It's on this same scale throughout. And they're putting me together a country place—same sort ...
— The Price She Paid • David Graham Phillips


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