Staff
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- Staff of officeStaff of officeA staff of office is a staff, the carrying of which often denotes an official's position, a social rank or a degree of social prestige.Apart from the ecclesiastical and ceremonial usages mentioned below, there are less formal usages. A gold- or silver-topped cane can express social standing...
, a stick which indicates a position - Staff (railway signalling), a token authorizing a locomotive driver to use a particular stretch of single track
- Level staffLevel staffA level staff, also called levelling rod, is a graduated wooden or aluminum rod, the use of which permits the determination of differences in elevation.-Rod construction and materials:...
, also called levelling rod, a graduated rod for comparing heights - Fire staffFire staffA fire staff is a staff, constructed out of wood or welded metal and Kevlar wicking. They are used for fire dancing and performance.Typically speaking, one fire staff is held, in one or more hands and swung around the body, creating patterns of fire. Multiple staves are also possible....
, a staff of wood or metal and Kevlar, used for fire dancing and performance - The weapon used in stick fightingStick fightingStick fighting is a generic term for martial arts which use simple long slender, blunt, hand-held, generally wooden 'sticks' for fighting such as a staff, cane, walking stick, baton or similar....
- QuarterstaffQuarterstaffA quarterstaff , also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European pole weapon and a technique of stick fighting, especially as in use in England during the Early Modern period....
, a long pole used as a medieval weapon - BōBo-People:*Bo , name origin, plus people with the name*Bo , name origin, plus people with the surname**Bo , Chinese family names*Bo people , extinct minority population in Southern China famous for hanging coffins...
, a long stick used as a weapon, usually in Japanese martial arts - Gun (staff)Gun (staff)The Chinese word gun refers to a long Chinese staff weapon used in Chinese martial arts. It is known as one of the four major weapons, along with the qiang , dao , and the jian , called in this group "The Grandfather of all Weapons".-Variants:There are various kinds of gun, and they include the...
, a weapon in Chinese martial arts
- Quarterstaff
- Walking stickWalking stickA walking stick is a device used by many people to facilitate balancing while walking.Walking sticks come in many shapes and sizes, and can be sought by collectors. Some kinds of walking stick may be used by people with disabilities as a crutch...
, a device to facilitate balancing while walking - SceptreSceptreA sceptre is a symbolic ornamental rod or wand borne in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia.-Antiquity:...
or scepter, a symbolic ornamental rod borne in the hand by a ruling monarch - Magic wand, a thin, straight, hand-held ceremonial stick
- ShepherdShepherdA shepherd is a person who tends, feeds or guards flocks of sheep.- Origins :Shepherding is one of the oldest occupations, beginning some 6,000 years ago in Asia Minor. Sheep were kept for their milk, meat and especially their wool...
's crook - A divining rod used in rhabdomancyRhabdomancyRhabdomancy is a type of divination by means of any rod, wand, staff, stick, arrow, or the like.One method of rhabdomancy was setting a number of staffs on end and observing where they fall, to divine the direction one should travel, or to find answers to certain questions. It has also been used...
People
- Barbara StaffBarbara StaffBarbara Ruth Wright Staff is a retired Republican political activist from Plano, Texas. She was co-chairman of her state's 1976 Ronald Reagan presidential primary campaign.-Background:...
(born 1924), American political activist - David StaffDavid StaffDavid Staff is an English footballer, born in Market Harborough, who played in the Football League for Boston United. He currently plays for Rugby Town....
(born 1979), English footballer for Boston United and Rugby Town - Hanne StaffHanne StaffHanne Staff is a Norwegian orienteering athlete who has won three individual World Orienteering Championships medals.She retired from international orienteering at the end of the 2004 season where she became world champion in the middle distance event.Staff ran for the Norwegian orienteering club...
(born 1972), Norwegian orienteering athlete - Jamie StaffJamie StaffJamie Alan Staff MBE is an English racing cyclist and coach, formerly on BMX and later on the track. A World and Olympic champion, he has also won numerous other medals at World Championships, World Cups and at the Commonwealth Games....
MBE (born 1973), English BMX and track racing cyclist and coach - Kathy StaffKathy StaffKathy Staff was an English actress, well known for her work on British television...
(1928–2008), English actress who portrayed Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine - Leopold StaffLeopold StaffLeopold Staff was a Polish poet and one of the greatest artists of European modernism honored two times by honorary degrees . He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature...
(1878–1957), Polish poet - Ole Johannesen StaffOle Johannesen StaffOle Johannesen Staff was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1836, 1839 and 1842, representing the rural constituency of Christians Amt . He worked as a farmer.-References:...
(born 1789), Norwegian politician - Ray StaffRay StaffRay Staff is a mastering engineer best known for his work with a diverse mix of artists including Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Clash and Black Sabbath...
, mastering engineer for Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Clash and Black Sabbath - Staff BarootesStaff BarootesEfstathios William Barootes was a Canadian physician, urologist, and parliamentarian.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, of Greek immigrants, he moved with his family to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940 and a medical degree in 1943 from the University of Toronto...
(1918–2000), Canadian physician, urologist, and parliamentarian - Staff JonesStaff JonesStephen Thomas "Staff" Jones, is a former Wales rugby union international. A prop forward, he briefly played for Pontypridd RFC before making hundreds of appearances for Pontypool RFC in the 1980s, often in partnership with Steve Jones....
(born 1959), rugby union prop forward for Wales and Pontypool
Other uses
- Staff (military), the organ of military command and planning
- By extension, people in employmentEmploymentEmployment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
within any organization
- By extension, people in employment
- Staff (music)Staff (music)In standard Western musical notation, the staff, or stave, is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch—or, in the case of a percussion staff, different percussion instruments. Appropriate music symbols, depending upon the intended effect,...
, a set of five horizontal lines upon which notes are placed in written music notation - Staff (building material)Staff (building material)Staff is a kind of artificial stone used for covering and ornamenting buildings.Staff is chiefly made of powdered gypsum or plaster of Paris, with a little cement, glycerin, and dextrin, mixed with water until it is about as thick as molasses, when staff is cast in molds it can form any shape...
(short for staffieren), an artificial stone product used as ornament - Smart Target-Activated Fire and Forget (XM943 STAFF), an American-made experimental 120mm tank gunTank gunA tank gun is the main armament of a tank. Modern tank guns are large-caliber high-velocity guns, capable of firing kinetic energy penetrators, high explosive anti-tank rounds, and in some cases guided missiles. Anti-aircraft guns can also be mounted to tanks.-Overview:Tank guns are a specific...
shell - Staff writerStaff writerStaff writer is a byline that indicates that the author of the article at hand is employed by the periodical that published the article as a regular staff member, and not as a freelance writer or special contributor....
, a byline denoting an author employed by the publisher - Staff, a nickname for the Staffordshire Bull TerrierStaffordshire Bull TerrierThe Staffordshire Bull Terrier is a medium-sized, short-coated, old-time breed of dog. It is an English dog, where it is the 5th most popular breed, and related to the bull terrier...
- Baton sinisterBaton sinisterBaton sinister is a charge used in heraldry.-Heraldic charge:It is a diminutive of the bend sinister and constitutes a narrow strip that runs from the upper right to the lower left of a coat of arms. It has been traditionally used as an indicator of an illegitimate birth in the family line...
, a charge used in heraldry
See also
- Stuff (disambiguation), a group of items or matter
- StaphylococcusStaphylococcusStaphylococcus is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria. Under the microscope they appear round , and form in grape-like clusters....
, bacteria which can cause infection - Shaft (disambiguation)
- Stave (disambiguation)
- Stick (disambiguation)