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noun

A fairly long straight piece of solid material used especially as a support in walking: cane, stave, stick, walking stick. See machine.

n. 1. a group of officers assisting an officer in command of an army formation or administration headquarters.

2. usually Staff short for staff sergeant.

provide (an organization, business, etc.) with staff: (staffed) all units are fully staffed.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

A set of lines on, between, above and below which notes of music are written. A five-line staff has been the most widely used type since early 13th-century north French MSS containing polyphony; a four-line staff has been used for plainchant since the 12th century and a six-line one was used by some early theorists and scribes. Except for plainsong, the five-line staff became standardized during the 17th century. See also Clef, Leger Line, Notation and Tablature.

The five horizontal lines upon which music is written. Usually including a clef, and having a time signature and key signature.

See multinational staff; general staff; integrated staff; joint staff; parallel staff; special staff.

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1. a wooden rod or rodlike structure.
2. the professional personnel of a hospital.

• Building and Machine Parts - staff: shaft, rung
• Blades, Clubs, and Projectiles - staff: club, lance, or spear
• Parts of Ships, Sails, and Equipment - staff: post that supports flag or banner at stern or bow
• Corporations and Business Practices - staff: regular, full-time, permanent employees
• Employers, Employees, and Business People - staff: full-time, permanent company employees
• Advertising - staff: permanent, full-time agency employees
• Teachers and Students - staff: faculty and other school employees
• Harmony, Melody, and Structure - staff: five horizontal lines and four spaces on which music is written; stave

Look up Staff, staff, or staves in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Staff may refer to:

Contents 1 Rods 2 People 3 Other uses 4 See also

Rods

• Staff of office, a stick which indicates a position
• Staff (railway signalling), a token authorizing a locomotive driver to use a particular stretch of single track
• Level staff, also called levelling rod, a graduated rod for comparing heights
• Fire staff, a staff of wood or metal and Kevlar, used for fire dancing and performance
• The weapon used in stick fighting
  • Quarterstaff, a long pole used as a medieval weapon
  • Bō, a long stick used as a weapon, usually in Japanese martial arts
  • Gun (staff), a weapon in Chinese martial arts
• Walking stick, a device to facilitate balancing while walking
• Sceptre or scepter, a symbolic ornamental rod borne in the hand by a ruling monarch
• Wand, a thin, straight, hand-held ceremonial stick
• Shepherd's crook
• A divining rod used in rhabdomancy

People

• Barbara Staff (born 1924), American political activist
• David Staff (born 1979), English footballer for Boston United and Rugby Town
• Hanne Staff (born 1972), Norwegian orienteering athlete
• Jamie Staff MBE (born 1973), English BMX and track racing cyclist and coach
• Kathy Staff (1928–2008), English actress who portrayed Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine
• Leopold Staff (1878–1957), Polish poet
• Ole Johannesen Staff (born 1789), Norwegian politician
• Ray Staff, mastering engineer for Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Clash and Black Sabbath
• Staff Barootes (1918–2000), Canadian physician, urologist, and parliamentarian
• Staff Jones (born 1959), rugby union prop forward for Wales and Pontypool

Other uses

• Staff (military), the organ of military command and planning
  • By extension, people in employment within any organization
• Staff (music), a set of five horizontal lines upon which notes are placed in written music notation
• Staff (building material) (short for staffieren), an artificial stone product used as ornament
• Smart Target-Activated Fire and Forget (XM943 STAFF), an American-made experimental 120mm tank gun shell
• Staff writer, a byline denoting an author employed by the publisher
• Staff, a nickname for the Staffordshire Bull Terrier
• Baton sinister, a charge used in heraldry

See also

• Stuff (disambiguation), a group of items or matter
• Staphylococcus, bacteria which can cause infection
• Shaft (disambiguation)
• Stave (disambiguation)
• Stick (disambiguation)

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - stav, kommandostang, personale, stab, stang, nodesystem
v. tr. - besætte med personale

idioms:

• staff announcement    personalemeddelelse
• staff nurse    sygeplejeassistent
• staff officer    stabsofficer
• staff sergeant    stabssergent

2.
n. - gibscement

Nederlands (Dutch)
bemannen, staf, personeel, notenbalk

Français (French)
1.
n. - personnel, (École, Univ) personnel enseignant, (Mil) état-major, (Mus) portée, canne, crosse, bâton
v. tr. - trouver du personnel pour, pourvoir une société en personnel

idioms:

• staff announcement    note de service
• staff nurse    infirmier
• staff officer    officier d'État-major
• staff sergeant    (GB, US, Mil) sergent-chef, (US) sergent

2.
n. - (Constr) matériau de plâtre et de fibres

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Personal, (Lehrer)kollegium
v. - mit Personal besetzen

idioms:

• staff announcement    dienstliche Mitteilung
• staff nurse    Vollschwester
• staff officer    Stabsoffizier
• staff sergeant    (Ober)feldwebel

2.
n. - Stab, Stock

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπαστούνι, ραβδί, κοντάρι, ιστός, δύναμη απασχολουμένων, προσωπικό, επιτελείο, (επιτελικά) στελέχη
v. - στελεχώνω, επανδρώνω

idioms:

• staff announcement    ανακοίνωση της διεύθυνσης (προς το προσωπικό)
• staff nurse    προϊσταμένη
• staff officer    (στρατ.) επιτελής, επιτελικός αξιωματικός
• staff sergeant    (ΗΠΑ) επιλοχίας

Italiano (Italian)
assumere, inserire personale, impiegati, bastone, Stato Maggiore, scettro, personale, rigo pentalineo

idioms:

• staff nurse    infermiera capo
• staff officer    ufficiale di stato maggiore
• staff sergeant    sergente maggiore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - quadro de pessoal (m), equipe (f), cajado (m), estado-maior (Mil.), mastro (m), pauta (Mús.)
v. - equipar

idioms:

• staff nurse    enfermeira de hospital britânico
• staff officer    oficial do Estado-Maior
• staff sergeant    segundo sargento

Русский (Russian)
штат (служащих), флагшток, посох, столп, нотный стан, штатный, штабной, укомплектовывать штаты

idioms:

• staff nurse    (младшая) медицинская сестра
• staff officer    офицер штаба, офицер нестроевой службы ВМС
• staff sergeant    старший сержант

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - personal de una organización en particular
v. tr. - tripular, proveer de personal

idioms:

• staff announcement    nota de servicio
• staff nurse    enfermera de sala, enfermera cualificada
• staff officer    oficial de Estado Mayor
• staff sergeant    sargento de estado mayor

2.
n. - material para la construcción hecho de yeso mezclado con cemento, fibra, etc.

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - personal, stav, stab, mätstång, notsystem
v. - förse med personal, bemanna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 职员, 工作人员, 参谋人员, 幕僚, 参谋机构, 给...配备职员

idioms:

• staff announcement    职员通告
• staff nurse    比护士长低一级的医院护士
• staff officer    参谋
• staff sergeant    陆军上士, 参谋军士

2. 纤维

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 職員, 工作人員, 參謀人員, 幕僚, 參謀機構
v. tr. - 給...配備職員

idioms:

• staff announcement    職員通告
• staff nurse    比護士長低一級的醫院護士
• staff officer    參謀
• staff sergeant    陸軍上士, 參謀軍士

2.
n. - 纖維

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 막대기, 지휘봉, 깃대
v. tr. - ~에 직원을 배치하다, ~의 직원 등으로 군무하다

2.
n. - 삼 부스러기 등을 넣은 석고

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 杖, さお, 権標, 職員, 頼り, 幹部, 参謀, つた入り石膏
v. - 職員を置く, 職員として勤める
adj. - 幹部の, 常勤の

idioms:

• Jacob's staff    支架, 距離測定器
• staff announcement    役員通知
• staff nurse    看護婦次長
• staff officer    幕僚, 参謀将校
• staff sergeant    二等軍曹, 三等曹長, 軍曹

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هيئه أركان حرب, الموظفين, عصا, عكاز (فعل) جهز بالموظفين اللازمين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקל, מטה, שרביט, מוט, חמשה, מחמושת, סגל, חבר עובדים, תורן (לדגל)‬
v. tr. - ‮סיפק עובדים, אייש בסגל‬
n. - ‮חומר בניין מגבס ומלט‬

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