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Staff

noun

1.

Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task. "The general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"

2.

A strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose.

3.

The body of teachers and administrators at a school. Synonym: faculty.

4.

Building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration.

5.

A rod carried as a symbol.

6.

(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written. Synonym: stave.

verb

1.

Provide with staff.

2.

Serve on the staff of.

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... turning to a man who had for some time been standing by the ensign staff, "you may hoist away and let the Dons see with whom they are about to fight." And in obedience to his command the glorious Red Cross on its white field floated out over the taffrail and went soaring majestically to ...

— The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer • Harry Collingwood

... crossed to the southern shore of Lake Ontario. A swarm of Indian canoes led the way; next followed two battalions of regulars, in bateaux, commanded by Callieres; then more bateaux, laden with cannon, mortars, and rockets; then Frontenac himself, surrounded by the canoes of his staff and his guard; then eight hundred Canadians, under Ramesay; while more regulars and more Indians, all commanded by Vaudreuil, brought up the rear. In two days they reached the mouth of the Oswego; strong scouting-parties ...

— Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV • Francis Parkman

... light arch which supported the central lamp over the gate might be very easily decked with evergreens for the occasion, and the word welcome, traced in flowers, put up so as to appear very pretty with the green background; whilst the flag-staff at the top of the hill, just by the shrubbery, should display all the flags that ...

— The Story of the White-Rock Cove • Anonymous

... Company, then by the priests, then by the seigneurs. Depredations by the Indians remained unpunished; and the fear of the great white father grew less and less. Surrounding Monsieur de Lauson was his staff and councillors, and the veterans Du Puys had left behind while in France. There were names which in their time were synonyms for courage and piety. The great Jesuits were absent in the south, in Onondaga, where they had erected a mission: Father Superior ...

— The Grey Cloak • Harold MacGrath

... colors in order to express sympathy with the Confederates. It yet bears several blood-stains. The button-hole at the back of the belt is torn out, for the eager little patriot did not wait to unbutton it. There is another hole, just under the belt in front, made when the wounded boy tore it from the staff to which he had nailed it to conceal it in his bosom. The story as told by Major McDonald ...

— Memories - A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War • Fannie A. (Mrs.) Beers

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