"chief of staff" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chiefs of staff [plural]
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  1. (military) The senior officer of any of several services of the armed forces of several nations. Categories (topical): Military, Occupations, People Translations (senior officer): 參謀長 (Chinese Mandarin), 参谋长 (cānmóuzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 幕僚長 (Chinese Mandarin), 幕僚长 (mùliáozhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), stabschef [common-gender] (Danish), stafchef [masculine] (Dutch), esikuntapäällikkö (Finnish), chef d’état-major [masculine] (French), Stabschef [masculine] (German), Stabschefin [feminine] (German), رَئیسِ سِتاد (ra'is-e setâd) (Iranian Persian), 幕僚長 (bakuryōchō) (alt: ばくりょうちょう) (Japanese), 参謀長 (sanbōchō) (alt: さんぼうちょう) (Japanese), 참모장 (chammojang) (alt: 參謀長) (Korean), szef sztabu [masculine] (Polish), șef de stat major [masculine] (Romanian), нача́льник шта́ба (načálʹnik štába) [masculine] (Russian), начшта́ба (načštába) [masculine] (Russian), stabschef [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chief_of_staff-en-noun-45UzzmJ4 Disambiguation of Occupations: 74 26 Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 71 29 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'senior officer': 96 4
  2. (government, politics) The head of any of several political departments in several nations. Categories (topical): Government, Politics Translations (head of political department): 參謀長 (Chinese Mandarin), 参谋长 (cānmóuzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 幕僚長 (Chinese Mandarin), 幕僚长 (mùliáozhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), kansliapäällikkö (Finnish), chef de cabinet [masculine] (French), Stabschef [masculine] (German), Stabschefin [feminine] (German), szef kancelarii [masculine] (Polish), руководи́тель аппара́та (rukovodítelʹ apparáta) [masculine] (Russian), руководи́тельница аппара́та (rukovodítelʹnica apparáta) [feminine] (Russian), jefe del servicio [masculine] (Spanish), stabschef [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chief_of_staff-en-noun-FD-q5I~6 Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'head of political department': 11 89

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