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per⋅son⋅nel

  [pur-suh-nel]
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–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.
3. personnel department.
Origin:
1825–35; < F, n. use of personnel (adj.) personal < LL persōnāle, neut. of persōnālis; r. personal (n.), Anglicized form of F personnel; cf. G Personal, var. of Personale, It personale. See matériel

Usage note:
2. 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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per·son·nel   (pûr'sə-něl')   
n.  

    1. The body of persons employed by or active in an organization, business, or service.

    2. (used with a pl. verb) Persons.

  2. 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.


[French, from Old French, personal, from Latin persōnālis; see personality.]
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personnel 
1837, from Fr. personnel (a contrastive term to materiél), noun use of personnel (adj.) "personal," from O.Fr. personel (see personal).
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