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personnel

[ pur-suh-nel ]

noun

  1. a body of persons employed in an organization or place of work.
  2. (used with a plural verb) persons:

    All personnel are being given the day off.



personnel

/ ˌɜːəˈɛ /

noun

  1. the people employed in an organization or for a service or undertaking Compare materiel
    1. Also calledhuman resources the office or department that interviews, appoints, or keeps records of employees
    2. ( as modifier )

      a personnel officer

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage Note

Some usage guides object to the use of personnel as a plural. However, this use is well established and standard in all varieties of speech and writing. The use of personnel with a preceding number is largely restricted to business and government communications: Six personnel were transferred.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of personnel1

1825–35; < French, noun use of personnel (adj.) personal < Late Latin ō, neuter of ō; replacing personal (noun), Anglicized form of French personnel; compare German Personal, variant of Personale, Italian personale. See é
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Word History and Origins

Origin of personnel1

C19: from French, ultimately from Late Latin ō personal (adj); see person
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On the day of the funeral, they will be joined by thousands of security personnel from various branches of the police and armed forces, as well as river patrol units, bomb-sniffing dogs and rooftop snipers.

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Marshals have ramped up security efforts in response to an increasing number of threats against judges and court personnel — including creating the Judicial Threat Branch to monitor and respond to high-level incidents.

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Police and rescue personnel responded to a 911 call about an unresponsive female early April 14, according to the statement.

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Bass is hoping to avoid those layoffs, either through state funding or by renegotiating promised raises that have added considerable heft to personnel costs for the next fiscal year.

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For Navy personnel in the area, he said, “it’s limiting them in their ability to properly train, and it’s endangering their lives for the ones that are going through basic training in particular.”

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