Noun
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. the body of teachers and administrators at a school;
"the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"3. a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose;
"he walked with the help of a wooden staff"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