What is the meaning of staff?

noun

• Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.
  • usage: "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"
• A strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose.
  • usage: "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"
• The body of teachers and administrators at a school.
  • usage: "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"
  • synonyms: faculty
• Building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration.
• A rod carried as a symbol.
• Music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written.
  • synonyms: stave

verb

• Provide with staff.
  • usage: "This position is not always staffed"
• Serve on the staff of.
  • usage: "The two men staff the reception desk"