crewmate

noun

crew·​mate ˈkrü-ˌmāt How to pronounce crewmate (audio)
Synonyms of crewmatenext
: a fellow crewman

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His eyes filled with wonder and his voice imbued by humility, Victor Glover—poised with his Artemis II crewmates to complete a record-setting voyage around the moon—addressed the camera. Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026 Artemis 2 broke that record during its own flyby on Monday (April 6), which took the crewmates 252,756 miles (406,771 km) from their home planet. Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026 Hurtling back toward Earth after a historic loop around the moon, Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman said naming a crater after his late wife, an idea his crewmates came up with before launch, was the most deeply profound moment of an already memorable flight. William Harwood, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026 In three years of training, Wiseman and his crewmates—Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—learned how to pilot and operate their Orion Moon ship, named Integrity. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crewmate

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crewmate was in 1938

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“Crewmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crewmate. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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