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Definition of Chief of staff
1. Noun. The senior officer of a service of the armed forces.
Generic synonyms: Military Officer, Officer
Definition of Chief of staff
1. Noun. The senior officer of any of several services of the armed forces of several nations. ¹
2. Noun. The head of any of several political departments in several nations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chief Of Staff
Literary usage of Chief of staff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"... CB, DSC (Chief of Staff to Chairman, British Defence Stalf, Washington). ...
(Chief of Staff to C.-in-C., Home Fleet). PU Bayly. DSC (PO. Sea Training). ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Here we are concerned only with the peculiar position of the chief of staff under
a system in which the sovereign is the actual commander-in-chief. ..."
3. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"At the war's outbreak he was appointed Chief of Staff to General Von Emmich in
the invasion of Belgium, and he figured in the Siege ..."
4. Records Relating to American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action from the edited by Charles E. Schamel (1997)
"Records of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, MACV (J-2) 11.10 The
Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, ..."
5. Army Regulations by Confederate States of America War Dept, United States War Dept (1911)
"They serve under the immediate orders of such commanders; those not so assigned
perform duty under the immediate direction of the Chief of Staff aud ..."
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