Staff
//stɑːf//
Word Type
Noun
Verb
The word "staff" can be used as noun and verb.
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Derived Terms
Aesculapian staff Jacob's staff Jedburgh staff Jeddart staff Jupiter's staff Mercury's staff air staff almucantar staff backroom staff bass staff bookstaff cantoral staff centurion's staff chief of staff churn-staff completed staff work cowl-staff cross-staff dogs have masters, cats have staff dogs have owners, cats have staff flag staff flag-staff flagstaff general staff grand staff ground staff half staff half-staff jack-staff level staff leveling staff levelling staff member of staff offset staff orange staff sergeant paddle-staff palmer's staff pilgrim's staff quarterstaff ragged staff set up one's staff short-staff skeleton staff speaker's staff staff angle staff captain staff college staff corps staff function staff nurse staff of Asclepius staff of life staff officer staff sergeant staff sling staff surgeon staff system staff tree staff up staff vine staffer staffer staffing staffless staffroom station staff tau staff treble staff verge staff verge-staff vine staff vine-staff wait staff waiting staff whipstaff wring-staff
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.