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English (mainly Norfolk)
English (mainly Norfolk) : from Middle English staf ‘rod’, ‘staff’; a nickname for a tall, thin person, or a metonymic occupational name for anyone who carried a staff of office, a reminder of his right to inflict physical discipline.
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English (Staffordshire)
English (Staffordshire) : unexplained.
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English (Staffordshire)
English (Staffordshire) : habitational name, probably from a place called Ardley in Oxfordshire, named in Old English as ‘the clearing (lēeah) of Eardwulf’.
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English
English : habitational name from any of the various places in England so called, which do not all share the same etymology. The county seat of Staffordshire (which is probably the main source of the surname) is named from Old English stæð ‘landing place’ + ford ‘ford’. Examples in Devon seem to have as their first element Old English stÄn ‘stone’, and one in Sussex is probably named with Old English stÄ“or ‘steer’, ‘bullock’.
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English (chiefly Cheshire, Staffordshire, and southern Lancashire)
English (chiefly Cheshire, Staffordshire, and southern Lancashire) : habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Brindley, from Old English berned ‘burnt’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
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English (Shropshire and Staffordshire)
English (Shropshire and Staffordshire) : unexplained.
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English (Staffordshire)
English (Staffordshire) : unexplained.
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English (mainly Staffordshire)
English (mainly Staffordshire) : probably from a variant of the medieval personal name Selwei (see Selway).
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English (Staffordshire and Derbyshire)
English (Staffordshire and Derbyshire) : habitational name from Blurton in Staffordshire, so named with an Old English word blÅr, possibly ‘hill’, + Old English tÅ«n ‘settlement’.
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English (Staffordshire)
English (Staffordshire) : variant of Leath.
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Swedish
Swedish form of Greek Stephanos, STAFFAN means "crown."
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English (Staffordshire)
English (Staffordshire) : variant spelling of Beeby.
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English (Staffordshire)
English (Staffordshire) : from the Welsh personal name Pasgen, a derivative of Latin Pascentius.
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English (Staffordshire and Shropshire)
English (Staffordshire and Shropshire) : habitational name from Titley in Hereford, named from an Old English personal name Titta + lēah ‘woodland clearing’ .
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English (Staffordshire)
English (Staffordshire) : habitational name from Ellesmere in Shropshire, named from the Old English personal name Elli + Old English mere ‘lake’, ‘pool’.
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English (mainly Staffordshire)
English (mainly Staffordshire) : habitational name from Howle in Shropshire, named from Old English hugol ‘hillock’, ‘mound’.
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English (Staffordshire)
English (Staffordshire) : unexplained. Perhaps a much altered spelling of Scottish Urquhart.
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English (mainly Lancashire and Staffordshire)
English (mainly Lancashire and Staffordshire) : patronymic from Hodge.
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English (Staffordshire)
English (Staffordshire) : unexplained. Probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
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English (Staffordshire)
English (Staffordshire) : habitational name from a place in Staffordshire called Wetwood, from Old English wēt, wǣt ‘wet’, ‘damp’ + wudu ‘wood’.
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n.
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
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The vane of a cross-staff.
pl.
of Staff
pl.
of Staffman
n.
An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major.
n.
One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
v. t.
To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
n.
A staff of authority.
n.
An attendant bearing a staff.
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A rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean.
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The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore.
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A baton, or military staff of command.
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A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.
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A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.
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Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.
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A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
pl.
of Staff
n.
One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party.
v. i.
An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge.
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A wand or staff of authority or justice.