Definition of crewman
: a member of a crew
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Eight crewmen were wounded in the attack.
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When Jones visited Virginia Tech, he was accompanied by two Toyota Racing colleagues -- Toyota Racing Development president David Wilson and Joe Gibbs Racing crewman Caleb Hurd -- who attended the school.
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Her character is a conscience-free, homicidal opportunist who steals the ID off a doomed crewman during the alien attack and henceforth becomes Dr. Z. Smith, psychologist, a character to whom the actress applies a piquant touch of pure insanity.
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In the show’s first episode, a nameless Inuk man terrifies an expedition crewman with a mask that happens to be inspired by one from the collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
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But other former crewmen see the ship's endurance through wear and tear as another in a long line of badges of honor.
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Gericault’s painting portrays a moment when an African crewman, Jean-Charles, raises a red flag to signal to a distant ship.
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Most of the Lighthouse Winmore’s 25 crewmen were Chinese, but other connections to China were more tenuous.
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As the ships head to sea, the focus of his story shifts from Bering, who immediately took ill, to Steller, without whom probably none of the crewmen aboard the St. Peter would have returned alive.
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Twenty-six crewmen and agents spilled out, setting off a huge manhunt in the area.
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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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