Staff
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Staff may refer to:
- Staff (stick), a stick or pole to assist with walking, or sometimes used as a weapon.
- Staff (building material), artificial stone product used for ornamental purposes.
- Staff (music), a set of horizontal lines upon which notes are placed in written music notation.
- Staff of office, a stick or pole used for ceremony or designating official status.
- General Staff, the organ of military command and planning.
- Jacob's staff, a tool used in surveying.
- Quarterstaff, a long pole used as a Medieval weapon.
- Bostaff, a long stick used as a weapon, usually in Japanese martial arts.
- Leopold Staff (1878–1957), a Polish poet.
- Gun (staff), a weapon in Chinese martial arts.
Staff as an acronym may refer to:
- Smart Target-Activated Fire and Forget (XM943 STAFF), an American-made experimental 120mm tank gun shell.
Staff is also used to refer collectively to a set of people, such as the employees or volunteers, within an organization.
Staves is a plural noun form of staff; however when used in the singular sense, stave may also mean:
- a single musical staff.
- a curved wooden member which is used with others to form the side of a barrel.
- Staph, bacteria which can cause infection.