/staf"euhrd/ , n.
1. Jean , 1915-79, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
2. Sir Edward William , 1819-1901, New Zealand political leader, born in Scotland: prime minister 1856-61, 1865-69, 1872.
3. a city in and the county seat of Staffordshire, in central England. 114,300.
4. Staffordshire.