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crewmate

noun

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

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Laughing at the performance, one of his crewmates remarked that Smalls bore a strong resemblance to the white captain. Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025 In 2024, Isaacman returned to space, in command of the Polaris Dawn mission, which saw him and one of his crewmates perform the first civilian spacewalk. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Nov. 2025 Zhang Lu and his crewmates were greeted aboard the three-module Tiangong space station by Chen Dong, commander of the Shenzhou 20 mission, and his two crewmates, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025 Sorting through your crewmates’ wet clothes was certainly one way to bond. Jordan Bretzfelder, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crewmate

Word History

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 30 Nov. 2025.

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