crewmate

noun

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

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With all other options seemingly exhausted, Una and Spock decide to take another path by getting in touch with their crewmates’ katras, roughly the Vulcan term for the soul, though the Vulcans would probably not want to use that term. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025 During the two-week STS-125 mission, McArthur operated the shuttle's robotic arm to grapple the space telescope while her crewmates worked on the observatory over the course of five spacewalks. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025 In a blog post, NASA said flight engineer Mike Fincke opened the hatch of SpaceX's Dragon capsule about 90 minutes after its docking, followed by crewmates Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman and Kimiya Yui. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 The latter takes on the job to provide for his pregnant girlfriend, but the sea soon turns into a nightmare after a crewmate commits suicide and the captain refuses to return to shore. Annika Pham, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crewmate

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First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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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 Sep. 2025.

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