Chief of Staff
Americannoun
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the senior officer of the U.S. Army or Air Force, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, responsible to the secretary of a service branch.
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(lowercase) the senior or principal staff officer in a brigade or division or higher unit in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps, in a numbered unit in the U.S. Air Force, or in a unit in the U.S. Navy commanded by a rear admiral or one of higher rank.
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(lowercase) the senior officer in command of a general staff, especially that of the military forces of a nation.
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(lowercase) the head of any staff.
the chief of staff for the First Lady.
noun
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the senior staff officer under the commander of a major military formation or organization
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the senior officer of each service of the armed forces
Etymology
Origin of Chief of Staff
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The sanctioned Rwandan officials include army chief of staff Vincent Nyakarundi, Ruki Karusisi, commander of the 5th Infantry Division, Mubarakh Muganga, Rwanda's chief of defence staff and Stanislas Gashugi, head of special operations.
From BBC
The defendants -- former Training Command chief Luis Lopez Mazzeo, former Submarine Force commander Claudio Villamide, the Submarine Command's former chief of staff Hector Alonso and former head of operations Hugo Correa -- face between one and five years in prison.
From Barron's
The army chief of staff, defence minister and head of the Revolutionary Guards were among those killed.
From BBC
"All eyes are on Texas," said Dan Scandling, of public affairs consultancy APCO, who spent a quarter century on Capitol Hill as chief of staff and communications director for Republican lawmakers.
From Barron's
Iran’s top civilian defense leader since 2024, Aziz Nasirzadeh was previously deputy chief of staff for the conventional army, the Iranian Armed Forces.
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