staff
noun
[ stɑːf ]
• all the people employed by a particular organization.
• "a staff of 600"
Similar:
employees,
workers,
workforce,
personnel,
hands,
hired hands,
labourers,
human resources,
manpower,
labour,
office workers,
white-collar workers,
assistants,
secretaries,
teachers,
lecturers,
doctors,
nurses,
interns,
liveware,
• a group of officers assisting an officer in command of an army formation or administration headquarters.
• "the Polish General and his staff"
• a long stick used as a support when walking or climbing or as a weapon.
• "a shepherd's staff"
Similar:
stick,
walking stick,
cane,
crook,
crutch,
prop,
club,
cudgel,
bludgeon,
life preserver,
shillelagh,
baseball bat,
truncheon,
baton,
blackjack,
lathi,
danda,
kierie,
knobkerrie,
sjambok,
cosh,
• another term for stave (sense 2).
staff
verb
• provide (an organization, business, etc.) with staff.
• "legal advice centres are staffed by volunteer lawyers"
Origin:
Old English stæf (in staff1 (sense 3 of the noun)), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch staf and German Stab .
staff
noun
• a mixture of plaster of Paris, cement, or a similar material, used for temporary building work.
Origin:
late 19th century: of unknown origin.
stave
noun
• a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure.
• a set of five parallel lines on any one or between any adjacent two of which a note is written to indicate its pitch.
• a verse or stanza of a poem.
Origin:
Middle English: back-formation from staves, archaic plural of staff1. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th century.
