Definition of staff

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Staff (n.) A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike..

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Broomstaff :: Broomstaff (n.) A broomstick.
Baton :: Baton (n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances..
Mace :: Mace (n.) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority..
Cane :: Cane (n.) A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.
Adjutant :: Adjutant (n.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty..
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff..
Foresight :: Foresight (n.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction..
Gonfanon :: Gonfanon (n.) A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself.
Truncheon :: Truncheon (n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear..
Truncheon :: Truncheon (n.) A baton, or military staff of command..
Cross-staff :: Cross-staff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.
Attache :: Attache (v. t.) One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy..
Professoriate :: Professoriate (n.) The body of professors, or the professorial staff, in a university or college..
Staffs :: Staffs (pl. ) of Staf.
Vare :: Vare (n.) A wand or staff of authority or justice.
Baston :: Baston (n.) A staff or cudgel.
Stave :: Stave (n.) To push, as with a staff; -- with off..
Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff..
Bar :: Bar (n.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures..
Radiometer :: Radiometer (n.) A forestaff.
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