Staff
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Staff may refer to:
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[edit] Rods
- Staff of office, a stick which indicates a position
- Staff (railway signalling), a token authorizing a locomotive driver to use a particular stretch of single track
- Level staff, also called levelling rod, a graduated rod for comparing heights
- Fire staff, a staff of wood or metal and Kevlar, used for fire dancing and performance
- The weapon used in stick fighting
- Quarterstaff, a long pole used as a medieval weapon
- Bō, a long stick used as a weapon, usually in Japanese martial arts
- Gun (staff), a weapon in Chinese martial arts
- Walking stick, a device to facilitate balancing while walking
- Sceptre or scepter, a symbolic ornamental rod borne in the hand by a ruling monarch
- Wand, a thin, straight, hand-held ceremonial stick
- Shepherd's crook
- A divining rod used in rhabdomancy
[edit] People
- Barbara Staff (born 1924), American political activist
- David Staff (born 1979), English footballer for Boston United and Rugby Town
- Hanne Staff (born 1972), Norwegian orienteering athlete
- Jamie Staff MBE (born 1973), English BMX and track racing cyclist and coach
- Kathy Staff (1928–2008), English actress who portrayed Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine
- Leopold Staff (1878–1957), Polish poet
- Ole Johannesen Staff (born 1789), Norwegian politician
- Ray Staff, mastering engineer for Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Clash and Black Sabbath
- Staff Barootes (1918–2000), Canadian physician, urologist, and parliamentarian
- Staff Jones (born 1959), rugby union prop forward for Wales and Pontypool
[edit] Other uses
- Staff (military), the organ of military command and planning
- By extension, people in employment within any organization
- Staff (music), a set of five horizontal lines upon which notes are placed in written music notation
- Staff (building material) (short for staffieren), an artificial stone product used as ornament
- Smart Target-Activated Fire and Forget (XM943 STAFF), an American-made experimental 120mm tank gun shell
- Staff writer, a byline denoting an author employed by the publisher
- Staff, a nickname for the Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Baton sinister, a charge used in heraldry
[edit] See also
- Stuff (disambiguation), a group of items or matter
- Staphylococcus, bacteria which can cause infection
- Shaft (disambiguation)
- Stave (disambiguation)
- Stick (disambiguation)
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