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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tipstaff \Tip"staff`\, n.; pl. Tipstaff.
   1. A staff tipped with metal. --Bacon.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a
      constable. --Macaulay.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tipstaff
    n 1: staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g.
         a bailiff or constable