staff college


noun
  1. a training centre for executive military personnel

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How to use staff college in a sentence

  • He graduated as a lieutenant in 1852, and for some years was attached to the staff college as an assistant professor.

  • At the staff college officers obtain a course of instruction and study to fit them for service on the staff of the army.

  • But his work at the staff college had brought him into notice, a man conveniently died, and Winn appeared at the right moment.

    The Dark Tower | Phyllis Bottome
  • A certain eminent colonel, professor at the staff college, was being freely named in the papers for the Mokembe mission.

    Lady Rose's Daughter | Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • The commanding officer, who was a staff college man, has since been badly stellenbosched.

    Two Years on Trek | Louis Eugne du Moulin