staff1

noun

• 1 [treated as singular or plural] all the people employed by a particular organization:a staff of 600 hospital staff were not to blame
• the teachers in a school or college: [as modifier]:a staff meeting

• 2 [treated as singular or plural] a group of officers assisting an officer in command of an army formation or administration headquarters.
• (usually Staff)short for staff sergeant.

• 3a long stick used as a support when walking or climbing or as a weapon.
• a rod or scepter held as a sign of office or authority.
• short for flagstaff.
• Surveying a rod for measuring distances or heights.

• 4 (plural staves /stāvz/) (also stave) Music a set of five parallel lines and the spaces between them, on which notes are written to indicate their pitch.

verb

• provide (an organization, business, etc.) with staff:legal advice centers are staffed by volunteer lawyers (as adjective staffed)all units are fully staffed