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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Personnel \Per'son'nel"\, noun [F. See {Personal}.] The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from mat['e]riel.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
personnel
noun
1: group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" [syn: {force}]
2: the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for seting policies for personnel management [syn: {personnel department}, {personnel office}, {staff office}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "personnel": agent, alternate, alternative, analogy, backup, change, changeling, comparison, copy, counterfeit, crew, deputy, double, dummy, employees, equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange, fake, fighting force, fill-in, firepower, force, forces, gang, ghost, ghostwriter, hands, help, hired help, imitation, locum tenens, makeshift, men, metaphor, metonymy, next best thing, phony, pinch hitter, proxy, relief, replacement, representative, reserves, retinue, ringer, second string, secondary, servantry, sign, spares, staff, stand-in, sub, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, superseder, supplanter, surrogate, symbol, synecdoche, the big battalions, the help, third string, token, troops, understudy, units, utility player, vicar, vice-president, vice-regent, work force
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