Definition of crewman
: a member of a crew
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Examples of crewman in a Sentence
Eight crewmen were wounded in the attack.
Recent Examples of crewman from the Web
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Seventy-three other crewmen were swallowed up by the South China Sea, while 199 survived.
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Exploiting the element of fear by creating noises in an adjoining room which sounded as though other crew members were being killed. Slapping and punching crewmen or hitting them with gun butts.
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By the time of that final voyage, Lundy was a veteran crewman, having worked with Fishing Company of Alaska for 17 years at sea and at shipyards helping to monitor repairs.
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In 1998, the crewmen were honored with a plaque and tree at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Kennington had five or six crew members, about half of the uniformed crewmen in Bowyer’s stall.
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Half of the 36 bombers that made the attack were damaged and about 18 crewmen were injured, McCaslin said.
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The search for a crewman of the Norwegian Getaway was going into its seventh hour late Saturday night.
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Nine passengers and 17 crewman were lost, the Free Press reported.
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First Known Use of crewman
circa 1927
CREWMAN Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of crewman for English Language Learners
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: a person who helps operate a ship, airplane, or train
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: a person who is part of a group of people who work together
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