crewmate

noun

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

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Station keeping The Expedition 73 crewmates also took part in activities to maintain the space station's systems and prepare for future research. Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Yes, the basic scenario about a spaceman getting raped, returning to his ship, and giving unholy birth to a monster that hunts down his crewmates came from the original writing team. Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025 Menon and her crewmate Sarah Gillis, both of whom worked as a space operations engineer for SpaceX at the time of the mission, also hold the record for the farthest from Earth any woman has traveled into space. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025 About 20 yards away, right near one of her crewmates’ tents, was a giant, fuzzy brown blob. Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025 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 10 Oct. 2025.

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