MILITARY PERSONNEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does military personnel mean? 

• MILITARY PERSONNEL (noun)
  The noun MILITARY PERSONNEL has 2 senses:

1. soldiers collectively

2. someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

  Familiarity information: MILITARY PERSONNEL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILITARY PERSONNEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Soldiers collectively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

military personnel; soldiery; troops

Hypernyms ("military personnel" is a kind of...):

force; personnel (group of people willing to obey orders)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "military personnel"):

friendly (troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces)

hostile (troops belonging to the enemy's military forces)

cavalry; horse; horse cavalry (troops trained to fight on horseback)

garrison (the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place)

Holonyms ("military personnel" is a member of...):

army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

man; military man; military personnel; serviceman

Context example:

two men stood sentry duty

Hypernyms ("military personnel" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "military personnel"):

military volunteer; voluntary; volunteer ((military) a person who freely enlists for service)

veteran; veteran soldier (a serviceman who has seen considerable active service)

ex-serviceman; vet; veteran (a person who has served in the armed forces)

striper (a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service)

occupier (a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country)

noncombatant (a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon))

military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)

devil dog; leatherneck; Marine; shipboard soldier (a member of the United States Marine Corps)

enlisted person (a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer)

conscript; draftee; inductee (someone who is drafted into military service)

commando; ranger (a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids)

bluejacket; navy man; sailor; sailor boy (a serviceman in the navy)

artilleryman; cannoneer; gunner; machine gunner (a serviceman in the artillery)

air force officer; commander (an officer in the airforce)

Holonyms ("military personnel" is a member of...):

force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)

 Context examples 

Using an ultra-sensitive technology, researchers were able to measure levels of the protein, tau, in the blood months and years after individuals (in this case, military personnel) had experienced TBI.

(Key protein found to have role in long-term complications from traumatic brain injury, NIH)

Launched from Kourou Space Center in French Guiana, the satellite was undergoing adjustments and orbital testing under the supervision of Armed Forces military personnel and engineers from the equipment manufacturer, France-based Thales Alenia Space.

(First Brazilian satellite starts operations, Agência Brasil)