Personnel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The body of persons employed by or active in an organization, business, or service.
  • n. Persons.
  • n. An administrative division of an organization concerned with the body of persons employed by or active in it and often acting as a liaison between different departments.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. employees; office staff
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from matériel.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The body of persons employed in any service, especially a public service, as the army, navy, etc., in contradistinction to the matériel, or material, which consists of guns, stores, tools, machines, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
  • n. group of people willing to obey orders
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    department    section   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adel    Adele    Bel    Bell    Belle    Burrell    Cabell    Carmel    Cavell    Chanel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    equipment    staff    facility    asset    officer    employee    engineer    organization    aircraft    mission