"personnelman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: personnelmen [plural]
Etymology: Compound of personnel + man. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|personnel|man}} Compound of personnel + man Head templates: {{en-noun|personnelmen}} personnelman (plural personnelmen)
  1. (US) Someone (of any gender) serving in the United States Navy. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-personnelman-en-noun-kZZaZ7cr Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2005, Rebecca Anne Freeman, Lost at Sea: An Enlisted Woman's Journey, Coral Springs, F.L.: Llumina Press, →ISBN, page 18:",
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          "ref": "2023 May 5, Kwame Anthony Appiah, quoting Ember, “A Banana Peel Has Made Me Question My Marriage. Who's Right?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-06:",
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