personnel

Noun

personnel (countable and uncountable, plural personnels)

1. Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc.
   • People like to see such friendly relationship existing between the respective personnels of their Army, Navy and Marine Corps.1924, U.S. Army Recruiting News, page 10
   • Newspapers in "capitalist" ownership, universities presided over by "reactionary" governing bodies, broadcasting systems owned by conservative governments have all been known to influence public opinion in the direction of socialism, because this was the conviction of the personnel.1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 421
2. (countable, nonstandard, plural personnel) A member of an organization such as an army.
   • An army personnel has been killed in action in a gunfight after security forces intercepted terrorists making an infiltration attempt near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said today.2025 April 12, “Soldier Killed In Action As Army Stops Infiltration Attempt Along Line Of Control”, in India News, NDTV
   • An army personnel was seen to torture an injured protester.2025 July 17, “Army, police shoot dead 4 protesters in Bangladesh”, in Daily Finland
3. (uncountable) A human resources department.
   • I've just had a letter from personnel.