Staff

1. a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking. 2. a group of assistants to a manager, superintendent, or executive. 3. a member of a staff. 4. Military. a body of officers without command authority, appointed to assist a commanding officer. the parts of any army concerned with administrative matters, planning, etc., rather than with actual participation in combat. 5. those members of an organization serving only in an auxiliary or advisory capacity on a given project. Compare line1 (def 38). 6. a stick, pole, or rod for aid in walking or climbing, for use as a weapon, etc. 7. a rod or wand serving as a symbol of office or authority, as a crozier, baton, truncheon, or mace. 8. a pole on which a flag is hung or displayed. 9. something that supports or sustains. 10. Also, stave. Music. a set of horizontal lines, now five in number, with the corresponding four spaces between them, on which music is written. 11. Archaic. the shaft of a spear, lance, etc.