personal staff

American  

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.

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Example Sentences

Contentious Knesset oversight committee meetings detailed how dozens of unqualified people — including Ben Gvir’s personal staff appointees — had been granted temporary authority to approve gun license applications.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2024

Bradberry continued, saying the "secluded" location and presence of Jeffries' personal staff, dressed in A&F uniforms, meant he "didn't feel safe to say 'no' or 'I don't feel comfortable with this.'"

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2023

This includes both personal staff, who support individual members, and committee staff, who support committees and are hired by the chair or ranking member.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2023

Pre-pandemic some small firms already offered staff unlimited leave, including the oboss of Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson, who offered his 170 personal staff as much holiday as they wanted.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2021

Cavalry rode pell-mell from several directions, to reach the place of descent, and the General's personal staff galloped past me like the wind, to be the first at his debarkation.

From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by Townsend, George Alfred