loadmaster
noun
load·mas·ter
ˈlōd-ˌma-stər 
: a crew member of a transport aircraft who is in charge of the cargo
Examples of loadmaster in a Sentence
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Despite its size, the plane carries a small crew: pilot, co-pilot, two flight engineers, and three loadmasters.
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
The fuselage was packed tight, with a large cube of palletized presents tied down under thick straps, overseen by a loadmaster wearing a jumpsuit, trim mustache and pointy green elf’s hat.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Dec. 2022
According to the unit's website, the aircraft carries a crew of five: a pilot, co-pilot, navigator, flight meteorologist and weather reconnaissance loadmaster.
—Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
Emily Edmunds, loadmaster superintendent for the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron.
—New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
That’s a point of frustration for the first C-5 loadmaster amputee in the Air Force.
—Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Nov. 2021
But as luck would have it, his father, Rick Mayo, found out there was a loadmaster opening through a baseball connection.
—Ashton Eley, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2021
The aircraft does not have any modern electronics and requires a crew of six or seven, including pilots, engineers, a loadmaster and maintenance technicians.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2021
In 1969, he was drafted, and spent four years flying in and out of Vietnam as a cargo plane loadmaster, balancing the weight of tanks and helicopters going in and cadavers coming out.
—Kathryn Joyce, The New Republic, 22 June 2020
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
The fuselage was packed tight, with a large cube of palletized presents tied down under thick straps, overseen by a loadmaster wearing a jumpsuit, trim mustache and pointy green elf’s hat.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Dec. 2022
According to the unit's website, the aircraft carries a crew of five: a pilot, co-pilot, navigator, flight meteorologist and weather reconnaissance loadmaster.
—Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
Emily Edmunds, loadmaster superintendent for the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron.
—New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
That’s a point of frustration for the first C-5 loadmaster amputee in the Air Force.
—Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Nov. 2021
But as luck would have it, his father, Rick Mayo, found out there was a loadmaster opening through a baseball connection.
—Ashton Eley, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2021
The aircraft does not have any modern electronics and requires a crew of six or seven, including pilots, engineers, a loadmaster and maintenance technicians.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2021
In 1969, he was drafted, and spent four years flying in and out of Vietnam as a cargo plane loadmaster, balancing the weight of tanks and helicopters going in and cadavers coming out.
—Kathryn Joyce, The New Republic, 22 June 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1961, in the meaning defined above
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“Loadmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loadmaster. Accessed 26 Sep. 2023.
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