What is Staff?
{{wiktionary|staff}} '''Staff''' may mean: * [[Staff (stick)]], a stick or pole to help with walking, or to use as a [[weapon]]. *[[Employee]]s, a group of people who work for a firm or other organization. * [[Staff (music)]] (or [[stave]]), five horizontal lines used for writing musical notes. * [[Staff of office]], a stick or pole used for ceremony by someone important. * [[Staff (building material)]], artificial stone product for ornamental uses. * [[Staff (military)]], the people of military command and planning. * [[Jacob's staff]], a tool used in surveying. * [[Quarterstaff]], a long pole used as a Medieval weapon. * [[Bō]], 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 (railway)|staff]] is a [[safeworking]] apparatus used on [[single track]] railways. NB The plural of “staff” is '''staves'''. The word '''stave''' can also be used as a [[singular]] noun to mean: * a single [[staff (music)]]. * a curved wooden member which is used with others to form the side of a [[barrel]]. {{disambig}}