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Meaning of staff

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  staff
      n 1: personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an
           assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing
           staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine
           decisions"
      2: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose;
         "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"
      3: the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the
         dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the
         university" [syn: {staff}, {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 [syn: {staff}, {stave}]
      v 1: provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"
      2: serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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