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Vinony

staff

noun

  1. people employed by a organization
  2. group of military officers that are responsible for the needs of a unit
L1421286 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. musical notation to represent the pitch
L5361 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. add personnel
  2. provide manpower
L5362 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /stɑːf/ / [stɑːf] / [stäːf]

noun

  1. Misspelling of staph.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English staf, from Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stab, from Proto-Germanic *stabaz. Cognate with Dutch staf, German Stab, Danish stav, Swedish stav. Sense of "group of military officers that assists a commander" and similar meanings, attested from 1702, is influenced by or is even from German Stab.

  1. To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.

    “Interlaken East station is jointly owned with the standard gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway from Bern and Thun and the Swiss Federal Railways metre-gauge Brünig line from Lucerne, but is managed and staffed by the Bernese Oberland group.”