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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employees of organization |
| Synonyms: | agents, assistants, cadre, cast, crew, deputies, faculty, force, help, officers, operatives, organization, personnel, servants, shop, teachers, team, work force, workers |
| Main Entry: | anchor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something used to hold another thing securely |
| Synonyms: | ballast, bower, comfort, defense, fastener, foothold, grapnel, grappling iron, grip, hold, hook, kedge, mainstay, mooring, mud hook, pillar, protection, safeguard, security, staff, stay, support |
| Main Entry: | baton |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stick used for conducting or for protection |
| Synonyms: | billy, billy club, blackjack, club, cudgel, mace, nightstick, rod, staff, truncheon, wand |
| Main Entry: | brace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | arm, band, bar, bearing, block, bolster, boom, bracer, bracket, buttress, cantilever, clamp, girder, grip, guy, lever, mainstay, peg, prop, rafter, reinforcement, rib, shore, skid, splice, splint, staff, stanchion, stave, stay, stirrup, strengthener, strut, sustainer, truss, underpinning, vice |
| Main Entry: | cadre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nucleus of effort |
| Synonyms: | core, force, framework, infrastructure, key group, officers, organization, personnel, staff |
| Main Entry: | cane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stick to aid walking of disabled |
| Synonyms: | pikestaff, pole, rod, staff, vade mecum, walking stick |
| Main Entry: | club |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bat, stick |
| Synonyms: | baton, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, business*, conk buster, convincer, cosh, cudgel, hammer, hickory, mace, mallet, nightstick, persuader, quarterstaff, rosewood, sap, shill, shillelagh, staff, swatter, truncheon, works* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | court |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruler's attendants |
| Synonyms: | castle, cortege, entourage, hall, lords and ladies, palace, retinue, royal household, staff, suite, train |
| Main Entry: | department |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of organization, area |
| Synonyms: | administration, agency, area, arena, beat, board, branch, bureau, canton, circuit, commission, commune, constituency, division, force, office, parish, precinct, quarter, range, staff, station, subdivision, territory, tract, unit, ward |
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