STAFF

n. 1 stick, pole, standard, baton, rod, pikestaff, pike, stake, cane, stave, shaft, alpenstock, shillelagh, club, truncheon, mace, crook, crozier, sceptre, wand, caduceus Carrying the ceremonial staff and dressed in full regalia, the officer impressively opened the royal court proceedings 2 personnel, employees, help, workforce, crew, team, organization Before we introduced computers, we had a staff of fifty doing nothing but filing