Staff-officers
21staff — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a stick or pole for use in walking or climbing or as a weapon. b a stick or pole as a sign of office or authority. c a person or thing that supports or sustains. d a flagstaff. e Surveying a rod for measuring distances, heights …
22staff corps — noun : the personnel of a staff branch of the military service * * * staff corps noun (military) 1. A body of officers and men assisting a commanding officer and his or her staff 2. Formerly, a body that supplied officers to the Indian Army • • • …
23Staff Sergeant — For the brush footed butterfly species, see Athyma selenophora.Staff Sergeant is a rank of non commissioned officer used in several countries.The origin of the name is that they were part of the staff of a British army regiment and paid at that… …
24staff — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ full time, part time ▪ permanent, temporary (esp. BrE) ▪ skeleton ▪ We ll be down to a skeleton staff over Christmas …
25staff — staff1 staffless, adj. /staf, stahf/, n., pl. staffs for 1 5, 9; staves /stayv/ or staffs for 6 8, 10, 11; adj., v. n. 1. a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking. 2. a …
26staff — [[t]stɑ͟ːf, stæ̱f[/t]] ♦ staffs, staffing, staffed 1) N COUNT COLL The staff of an organization are the people who work for it. → See also Chief of Staff The staff were very good... The outpatient program has a staff of six people... He thanked… …
27staff — {{11}}staff (n.) O.E. stæf walking stick, strong pole used for carrying, rod used as a weapon (also, in plural, letter, character, writing, Cf. stæfcræft grammar ), from P.Gmc. *stabaz (Cf. O.S. staf, O.N. stafr, O.Fris. stef, M.L.G., M.Du. staf …
28staff — I [[t]stæf, stɑf[/t]] n. pl. staffs; staves(stāvz) orstaffs 1) a group of people, esp. employees, who carry out the work of an establishment or perform a specific function 2) a group of assistants to a manager, superintendent, or executive 3) mil …
29staff — staff1 noun 1》 [treated as sing. or plural] the employees of a particular organization. ↘a group of officers assisting an officer in command of an army formation or administration headquarters. ↘(usu. Staff) short for staff sergeant. 2》 a …
30staff — I. /staf / (say stahf) noun (plural staffs or, in certain contexts, staves /steɪvz / (say stayvz)) 1. a stick, pole, rod, or wand for aid in walking or climbing, for use as a weapon, etc. 2. a rod or wand serving as an ensign of office or… …