Staff of office, a stick which indicates a positionStaff (railway signalling), a token authorizing a locomotive driver to use a particular stretch of single trackLevel staff, also called levelling rod, a graduated rod for comparing heightsFire staff, a staff of wood or metal and Kevlar, used for fire dancing and performanceThe weapon used in stick fightingQuarterstaff, a long pole used as a medieval weaponBō, a long stick used as a weapon, usually in Japanese martial artsGun (staff), a weapon in Chinese martial artsWalking stick, a device to facilitate balancing while walkingSceptre or scepter, a symbolic ornamental rod borne in the hand by a ruling monarchWand, a thin, straight, hand-held ceremonial stickShepherd's crookA divining rod used in rhabdomancy
People
Barbara Staff (born 1924), American political activistDavid Staff (born 1979), English footballer for Boston United and Rugby TownHanne Staff (born 1972), Norwegian orienteering athleteJamie Staff MBE (born 1973), English BMX and track racing cyclist and coachKathy Staff (1928–2008), English actress who portrayed Nora Batty in Last of the Summer WineLeopold Staff (1878–1957), Polish poetOle Johannesen Staff (born 1789), Norwegian politicianRay Staff, mastering engineer for Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Clash and Black SabbathStaff Barootes (1918–2000), Canadian physician, urologist, and parliamentarianStaff Jones (born 1959), rugby union prop forward for Wales and Pontypool
Other uses
Staff (military), the organ of military command and planning
By extension, people in employment within any organizationStaff (music), a set of five horizontal lines upon which notes are placed in written music notationStaff (building material) (short for staffieren), an artificial stone product used as ornamentSmart Target-Activated Fire and Forget (XM943 STAFF), an American-made experimental 120mm tank gun shellStaff writer, a byline denoting an author employed by the publisherStaff, a nickname for the Staffordshire Bull TerrierBaton sinister, a charge used in heraldry
