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  1. noun A stick or cane carried as an aid in walking or climbing.
  2. noun A stout stick used as a weapon; a cudgel.
  3. noun A pole on which a flag is displayed; a flagstaff.
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  • "We're always sort of tight budget and having to sort of pull things back, so extra hands and extra staff is always a plus," Lindsey said. —  Local Headlines - ABC 13
  • What Steve and his staff are able to see is that investing in energy efficiency and conservation is a smart way to ensure the county can continue to meet its obligations, as well as save money. —  The Union - All Categories
  • "Me and my staff were all Fidelistas," boasted Robert Reynolds, the CIA's "Caribbean Desk's specialist on the Cuban Revolution" from 1957-1960. —  American Thinker
  • Dig into that big-ass athletic budget and hire us a special-teams guy, Mark, and everyone on your staff will be a lot happier for it. —  Hey Jenny Slater.
  • A manager at this Spur said on Wednesday that neither he nor the staff were aware of the incident. —  News24
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staff:   staffs ·  staffing ·  staffed
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English staf, from Old English stæf.
  2. Perhaps from German Stoff, stuff.

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  1. from Middle English staff, staffe, staf (genitive staves, dative stave, plural staves), from Anglo-Saxon stæf, in a very early form staeb, plural stafas, a stick, staff, twig, letter (see etymology of book), = Old Saxon staf = OFries. stef = Dutch staf = Middle Low German Low German staf = Old High German Middle High German stap (stab-), German stab, a staff, = Icelandic stafr, a staff, post, stick, stave of a cask, a letter, = Swedish staf, a staff, = Danish stav, a stall, stick (also stab, a staff (body of assistants), an astragal (of a cannon), from G.), = Gothic (Moesogothic) stafs (stab-), element, rudiment (not recorded in the orig. senses ‘letter’ and ‘stick’); = Old Bulgarian stapŭ, shtapŭ = OServ. stĭpĭ, Servian stap, shtap = Hung, istáp, a staff, = Lithuanian stebas, a staff, stábas, stóbras, a pillar; cf. Gaelic stob, a stake, stump; prob. related to Old High German stabēn, be stiff, from an extended form of the root sta of stand: see stand. Not connected with L. stipes, a stock, post, which is cognate with English stiff. Hence stave, q. v.
  2. Said to be from German staffieren, to fit out. See stuff, n.
 

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