Meaning & use
military personnel
Individuals who serve as members of a country's armed forces.
See it in a sentence
Extra military personnel were deployed to the region after the earthquake struck.
The airport lounge offers a small discount to active military personnel.
A note on using this word
Military personnel is a formal, collective term and is treated as plural, so it takes a plural verb, as in 'personnel are.'
Words with a similar meaning
troopsservicemembers
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Words with an opposite meaning
civilians
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