crewmate

noun

crew·​mate ˈkrü-ˌmāt 

: a fellow crewman

Examples of crewmate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rapp and his crewmate, Suzanne Driscoll, hoisted a lobster trap marked by a bobbing buoy from the Casco Bay. — Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026

Aragüés learned that one of his former crewmates, who was defending a friend’s house, lost his own home when the fire travelled down a slope next to him. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

Our hearts are with their families, friends, crewmates and everyone impacted by this tragedy. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 25 July 2026

But the actor is at his most manically animated with the sorceress Circe (Samantha Morton), who has food that Eurylochus’s starving crewmates need. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above