special staff

American  

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. all staff officers assigned to headquarters of a division or higher unit who are not members of the general staff or personal staff.

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Etymology

Origin of special staff

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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special staff

The morning after Foden's arrest, she said there was a special staff meeting.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2024

Directly adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center is a Renaissance hotel with a pair of special staff members: robots.

From The Verge ● Jan. 11, 2018

The National Security Council is the president’s special staff for national security, and there’s room in the White House for only one.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2017

The congregation still will be standing when Cupich takes his seat in the cathedra, or teaching chair, and George presents him a special staff that once belonged to the late Cardinal George Mundelein.

From Chicago Tribune ● Nov. 17, 2014

This was quite apart from the special staff detailed to tap conversations, particularly call-box conversations throughout the Kingdom.

From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Jenkins, Herbert George