Someone with an office of significant responsibility in the household of the king or queen. A state minister, who carries a white staff.
"Staff Officers are such as in the King's Presence bear a white Staff. At other times, going abroad, have a white Staff Borne before them by a Footman bare-headed. Such are the Lord Steward, Lord Chamberlain, Lord Treasurer, etc."
Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia (1728).
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