military personnel

1. 1.

   soldiers collectively

   Synonymssoldierytroops

   Broaderforce

   Narrowerfriendlyhostilecavalrygarrison

   Part ofarmy unit

   military

2. 2.

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

   “two men stood sentry duty”

   Synonymsservicemanmilitary manman

   Broaderskilled worker

   Narrowerair force officerartillerymanbluejacketcommandodrafteeenlisted personMarinemilitary officernoncombatantoccupier

   Part ofmilitary unit

   military

Questions about military personnel

What does military personnel mean?

military personnel means "soldiers collectively". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for military personnel?

Close synonyms include soldiery, troops, serviceman, military man, man. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is military personnel a common word?

military personnel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.