staff :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"

n. a rod carried as a symbol

n. 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"

stave

n. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

faculty

n. the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"

provide with staff

v. provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"

cane

n. a stick that people can lean on to help them walk

switch

n. control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

switch

n. railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

pole, vaulting pole

n. a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting

organization, organisation

n. a group of people who work together

gang, crew, work party

n. an organized group of workmen

suite, cortege, retinue, entourage

n. the group following and attending to some important person

escort, bodyguard

n. someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

shack, people, live, dwell, reside, inhabit, populate, make one's home

v. inhabit or live in; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"

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