personnelnoun [ U, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˌpɜː.sənˈel/us/ˌpɝː.sənˈel/C1 the people who are employed in a company, organization, or one of the armed forces:
The new director is likely to make major changes in personnel.
military personnel
C1 the department of a company or organization that deals with its employees when they first join, when they need training, or when they have any problems:
Personnel will help you find somewhere to live.
For more information about the job, please contact the personnel manager.
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- Service personnel are subject to the Official Secrets Act.
- I initialled the documents and returned them to personnel.
- No admittance to unauthorized personnel.
- Enquiries about the post should be addressed in the first instance to the personnel manager.
- This is a restricted area, open to authorized personnel only.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Workers in general
- a man of action idiom
- beaver
- drudge
- gang
- graft
- jack-of-all-trades
- labour
- manpower
- night shift
- peon
- plod
- practitioner
- relay
- staffing
- team player
- temp
- the shop floor
- tradesman
- workhorse
- working party
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