staff corpsn.

Brit.

/ˈstɑːf kɔː/,

/ˈstaf kɔː/, U.S.

/ˈstæf ˌkɔr/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: staff n.¹, corps n.¹

Etymology: < staff n.¹ + corps n.¹

1. A body of officers and other personnel providing specialist technical support to commanding officers and their staffs.

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staff corps1811

1800 London Gaz. No. 15233/6 Staff Corps, Assistant-Surgeon—Cavenagh, from the 63d Foot, to be Surgeon.

1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XI. 122 I have therefore had cut out the sheets..containing the maps of the country immediately in my front, which I have had pasted upon linen by the Staff corps.

1832 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 2) v. 230 Two companies of the Staff Corps were accordingly sent with a strong working party to Baragona, to make a bridge across the Tietar.

1945 Times 8 Feb. 7/5 When the present war broke out he joined the Staff Corps of the 1st Australian Corps.

2015 Navy Times (Nexis) 23 Oct. a33 The Navy Staff Corps exists to supplement the line's ability to complete the mission.

2. With capital initials. More fully Indian Staff Corps. A branch of the Indian Army during the British Raj, formed in 1861 and intended to provide officers for both staff appointments and positions in Indian regiments, and to offer officers access to certain civil and political positions. Now historical.Originally three separate Staff Corps were formed for the armies of each of the Calcutta, Madras and Bombay presidencies (presidency n. 3b), but these were later combined.

1861 Morning Post 11 Feb. 6/2 A vacancy arises in a line regiment in India by the transfer of one of its officers to the Indian Staff Corps.

1880 Gen. Adye in 19th Cent. No. 38. 698 All officers now seeking what is called an Indian career in any capacity—regimental, staff, or civil—must enter one of the three Staff Corps.

2001 Soc. Malawi Jrnl. 54 73 British Army officers on outstations felt that officers of the Indian Staff Corps were given ‘a decided preference in billets’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	staff corps
释义	staff corpsn. Brit. /ˈstɑːf kɔː/, /ˈstaf kɔː/, U.S. /ˈstæf ˌkɔr/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: staff n.¹, corps n.¹ Etymology: < staff n.¹ + corps n.¹ 1. A body of officers and other personnel providing specialist technical support to commanding officers and their staffs. ΘΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > non-combatant personnel > staff corps staff corps1811 1800 London Gaz. No. 15233/6 Staff Corps, Assistant-Surgeon—Cavenagh, from the 63d Foot, to be Surgeon. 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XI. 122 I have therefore had cut out the sheets..containing the maps of the country immediately in my front, which I have had pasted upon linen by the Staff corps. 1832 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 2) v. 230 Two companies of the Staff Corps were accordingly sent with a strong working party to Baragona, to make a bridge across the Tietar. 1945 Times 8 Feb. 7/5 When the present war broke out he joined the Staff Corps of the 1st Australian Corps. 2015 Navy Times (Nexis) 23 Oct. a33 The Navy Staff Corps exists to supplement the line's ability to complete the mission. 2. With capital initials. More fully Indian Staff Corps. A branch of the Indian Army during the British Raj, formed in 1861 and intended to provide officers for both staff appointments and positions in Indian regiments, and to offer officers access to certain civil and political positions. Now historical.Originally three separate Staff Corps were formed for the armies of each of the Calcutta, Madras and Bombay presidencies (presidency n. 3b), but these were later combined. Π 1861 Morning Post 11 Feb. 6/2 A vacancy arises in a line regiment in India by the transfer of one of its officers to the Indian Staff Corps. 1880 Gen. Adye in 19th Cent. No. 38. 698 All officers now seeking what is called an Indian career in any capacity—regimental, staff, or civil—must enter one of the three Staff Corps. 2001 Soc. Malawi Jrnl. 54 73 British Army officers on outstations felt that officers of the Indian Staff Corps were given ‘a decided preference in billets’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1800
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