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      staff
      noun
      (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
      (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
      (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
      A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
      A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
      (military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
      (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
      A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
      (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
      (surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
      Misspelling of staph. [Staphylococcus bacteria and the infection it causes.]
      (archaic) The rung of a ladder.
      (rail transport, archaic) A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line.
      verb
      (transitive) To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.
      Synonyms for staff
      personnelnquarterstaffnemployeesncrewnstavevcrosiernteamncaduceusnlituus
      Words related to staff
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