Definition of Staff

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Definition of Staff

Staff

Plaster combined with fibrous and other materials so as to be suitable for sculpture in relief or in the round, or for forming flat plates or boards of considerable size which can be nailed to framework to make the exterior of a larger structure, forming joints which may afterward be repaired and concealed with fresh plaster.

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.

A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds.

A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.

A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

The round of a ladder.

A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.

The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave.

An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.

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. See Etat Major.

Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.

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Staff Quotations

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.
Bill Vaughan

I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.
Wanda Sykes

SO when I got word from three different sets of people who all said Manson had cancer, I knew I couldn't get straight info from his staff and had no choice but to go over the fence for it.
Lynette Fromme

I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.
Aleister Crowley

All of the men on my staff can type.
Bella Abzug

I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned.
Gerald R. Ford

I've hung out in the writer's room a few times, but the fact is we've got such a good writing staff, I don't want to get my peanut butter fingerprints on anything.
Patton Oswalt

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
George Herbert

The station put us on staff at $35 a week... and I mean every week.
Roy Rogers

Staff Translations

staff in Afrikaans is staf
staff in Dutch is staf
staff in French is personnelle
staff in German is Personal, Stab, Stab, Stock, Belegschaft
staff in Italian is personale, redazione
staff in Spanish is redaccion, empleados
staff in Swedish is stav, personal, stab

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