Definition

1. Noun:
   • An employee who is part of a group of workers: A "staff member" is an individual worker who belongs to the organized body of employees (the staff) of a company, organization, or institution.
   • A member of a specific working team: The term often implies membership in a particular team or cadre, such as an administrative, support, or executive staff.

Usage

• The term "staff member" is used to refer to an individual within a collective workforce. It emphasizes the person's role as part of an organized team rather than as an isolated worker.
• It is commonly used in professional, academic, governmental, and corporate contexts.
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Examples

• Noun:
  • The new policy was communicated to all staff members via email.
  • She has been a loyal staff member at the university for over twenty years.
  • A senior staff member will be your point of contact for this project.

Advanced Usage

• "Key staff member": A staff member who holds a critical or essential position within the organization.
  • The project's success depended on a few key staff members.
• "Rank-and-file staff member": An ordinary staff member, not part of management or leadership.
  • The concerns of rank-and-file staff members were heard in the meeting.

Variants and Related Words

• Staff (n): The entire group of people employed by an organization.
  • The entire staff gathered for the annual photo.
• Staffer (n): An informal synonym for "staff member," frequently used in journalism and politics.
  • Several White House staffers resigned.
• Employee (n): A more general term for a person employed for wages or salary.
  • The company has over 500 employees.

Synonyms

• Employee: A person employed for wages or salary.
• Worker: A person who does a specified type of work.
• Personnel: People employed in an organization or engaged in an organized undertaking (used as a plural noun).

Related Phrases

• Member of staff: A formal alternative with identical meaning to "staff member," more common in British English.
  • Please report any issues to a member of staff.
• On staff: Describes someone who is employed as part of the staff.
  • We have three engineers on staff.

Noun

1. an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States)