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half-staffs

half-staffs is the plural of half-staff.

Meaning of half-staff

Noun

half-staff (plural half-staffs)

  1. (Canada, Philippines, US, sometimes) Half-mast.
    • [T]he agents of the steamship lines drowned their sorrow in rum and ran the house flags to half-staff.c. 1900, Richard Harding Davis, Billy and the Big Stick

Questions about half-staffs

What is half-staffs the plural of?
Half-staffs is the plural of half-staff.

Words near half-staffs in the dictionary

  1. half-sisters
  2. half-smile
  3. half-smiles
  4. half-solid
  5. half-staff
  6. half-staffs
  7. half-standard
  8. half-step
  9. half-steps
  10. half-strained
  11. half-suit

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