Staff

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Staff may refer to:

Rods

Staff of office, a stick that indicates a position
Staff (railway signalling), a token authorizing a locomotive driver to use a particular stretch of single track
Level staff, also called levelling rod, a graduated rod for comparing heights
Fire staff, a staff of wood or metal and Kevlar, used for fire dancing and performance
Flagstaff, on which a flag is flown
Marotte, a staff with a carved image of a head at the tip used by a Jester
The weapon used in stick fighting
- Quarterstaff, a long pole used as a medieval weapon
- Bō, a long stick used as a weapon, usually in Japanese martial arts
- Gun (staff), a weapon in Chinese martial arts
Walking stick, a device to facilitate balancing while walking
Sceptre or scepter, a symbolic ornamental rod borne in the hand by a ruling monarch
Scout staff, a tall stick traditionally used by Boy Scouts, which has a number of uses in an emergency
Wand, a thin, straight, hand-held ceremonial stick
Shepherd's crook
A divining rod used in rhabdomancy

People in employment within any organization
Staff (military), the organ of military command and planning
Staff (music), a set of five horizontal lines upon which notes are placed in written music notation
Staff (building material) (short for staffieren), an artificial stone product used as ornament
Smart Target-Activated Fire and Forget (XM943 STAFF), an American-made experimental 120mm tank gun shell
Staff writer, a byline denoting an author employed by the publisher
Staff, a nickname for the Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Baton sinister, a charge used in heraldry