staff plural
staff
The plural form of staff is staves
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- noun plural staff a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking. 1
- noun plural staff a group of assistants to a manager, superintendent, or executive. 1
- noun plural staff a member of a staff. 1
- noun plural staff Military. a body of officers without command authority, appointed to assist a commanding officer. the parts of any army concerned with administrative matters, planning, etc., rather than with actual participation in combat. 1
- noun plural staff those members of an organization serving only in an auxiliary or advisory capacity on a given project. Compare line1 (def 38). 1
- noun plural staff a stick, pole, or rod for aid in walking or climbing, for use as a weapon, etc. 1
- noun plural staff a rod or wand serving as a symbol of office or authority, as a crozier, baton, truncheon, or mace. 1
- noun plural staff a pole on which a flag is hung or displayed. 1
- noun plural staff something that supports or sustains. 1
- noun plural staff Also, stave. Music. a set of horizontal lines, now five in number, with the corresponding four spaces between them, on which music is written. 1
- noun plural staff Archaic. the shaft of a spear, lance, etc. 1
- noun plural staff People who are part of a particular staff are often referred to as staff. 0