a group of professional workers in a business, school etc; a group of officers in the army; a set of five parallel lines on which notes are written
employees of organization
Cases of word usage
1) the head of staff in a rich household (butler)
2) (the building of) an ambassador and her or his staff (embassy)
3) uniform worn by male staff in a very rich household; a place where horses are fed and looked after for payment (livery)
4) a woman who manages the nursing staff of a hospital; a woman in charge of domestic affairs in a school, old people's home etc (matron)
5) a member of (hotel) staff employed to dry-clean or press clothes; a rich man's personal servant who looks after his clothes, meals etc (valet)
