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Staff
1 a: a long stick carried in the hand for support in walking b: a supporting rod: as
(1)archaic : shaft 1a(1)
(2): a crosspiece in a ladder or chair : rung
(3): flagstaff
(4): a pivoted arbor c: club, cudgel2 a: crosier b: a rod carried as a symbol of office or authority3: the horizontal lines with their spaces on which music is written —called also stave4: any of various graduated sticks or rules used for measuring : rod5plural staffs a: the officers chiefly responsible for the internal operations of an institution or business b: a group of officers appointed to assist a civil executive or commanding officer c: military or naval officers not eligible for operational command d: the personnel who assist a director in carrying out an assigned task eplural staff : a member of a staff <employs three full-time staff>
— staff adjective
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