Definition of
Personnel
- (noun, group) the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
- (noun, group) group of people willing to obey orders
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Synonyms of Personnel
Alternate forms of Personnel
Hyponyms: armed forces, armed service, armed services, constabulary, guerilla force, guerrilla force, hands, law, line personnel, management personnel, manpower, men, military, military machine, military personnel, military police, military service, mp, paramilitary, paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary organization, paramilitary unit, patrol, police, police force, private security force, rank, rank and file, security force, service, soldiery, staff, troops, war machine, work force, workforce
Hypernyms: department, organisation, organization, section
Origin of the word Personnel
- 1837, from Fr. personnel (a contrastive term to materi?l), noun use of personnel (adj.) "personal," from O.Fr. personel (see personal). more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Personnel
paroxysmal, perigonal, personal, personally, processional, proscenium wall, proximal
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