crewman

noun

crew·​man ˈkrü-mən How to pronounce crewman (audio)
: a member of a crew

Examples of crewman in a Sentence

Eight crewmen were wounded in the attack.
Recent Examples on the Web At one grubby vessel, a Sicilian trawler, crewmen invited me into their mess and gave me a meal. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024 The American Navy at the time (and now, presumably) required of its officers and crewmen respect for the chain of command, discipline, and a good work ethic. Howard Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023 On the final leg of their voyage, the crewmen floated into their Soyuz MS-23 return vehicle overnight, closed hatches, and undocked from the space station a few hours later. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2023 Lost at sea for more than two weeks in a dinghy, the crewmen resorted to cannibalism to survive: Three of the crewmen were eventually rescued, and were subsequently charged with killing the fourth. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023 Micronesian navigators do not sail alone; their peculiar method of tacking requires several crewmen. Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023 One of the men, Jon Nichols, served as captain of a fishing vessel, and the other, Theodore Turgeon, was a crewman on that vessel. Elizabeth Earl For Alaska Journal Of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023 Read full article The crewman was reported missing around 8 p.m. Saturday, and a helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod and a lifeboat from Coast Guard Station Brant Point on Nantucket went to the scene, about five miles off the island’s southern coast. Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023 Ibrahim Pape Ndour, a fisherman, sat with his crewmen on that beach on a recent afternoon in a cabana mending their turquoise net, which had been severed by a giant trawler. Mady Camara, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crewman was circa 1927

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“Crewman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crewman. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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crewman

noun
crew·​man ˈkrü-mən How to pronounce crewman (audio)
: a member of a crew

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