crewman

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Recent Examples of crewman That's when a crewman on the Kinei Maru, a Japanese fishing vessel, spotted the white hull of the Cairo III. Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025 Witnesses watch as barge hits sailboat of campers Palomares said a crewman with eight years on the job was serving as the lookout that day, and that the captain of the tug pushing the barge had 12 years experience on the vessel without incident. David Goodhue october 31, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025 That clash in the Spratlys near Second Thomas Shoal, on which Philippine marines are stationed in a rusting World War II naval vessel, left a Filipino crewman missing a thumb. Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025 Stamp, then 24, received a supporting actor Oscar nomination in 1963 for his screen debut as the angelic and optimistic HMS Avenger crewman Billy Budd. Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crewman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crewman
Noun
  • According to the Navy, Peterson kept the ship operational and was credited with saving the lives of 123 of his shipmates before succumbing to his injuries.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 27 June 2025
  • And his castaway shipmate has marvelously oversized whiskers, formidable fangs and a ravenous appetite.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • An underdogs’ crime thriller, a fisherman, his reckless daughter and a loyal deckhand catch a Colombian drug drone-submarine in their nets.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
  • With only three more charters left in the season, the crew has a good rhythm; a momentum that Max, butt-hurt about not being lead deckhand, intends to interrupt.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The seaman was patched up, and with his battleship sunk and his country abruptly at war with Japan, Germany and Italy, he was assigned to a destroyer.
    Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Remarkably, all three vessels that mapped California were, likely, Portuguese seamen’s property!
    Paulo Afonso, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But Pietrek shows that quite a bit of thought and quality control went into the blend—which was, after all, considered part of the sailors’ pay.
    Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • All of the cockfighters, lottery participants, and sailors throwing scrimshaw dice had to work around the ethical code imposed by Quakers, Shakers, and Puritans who vehemently opposed these games of chance.
    Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Written by Lin, Crew Girl is described as a frothy, coming-of-age teen drama about a 16-year-old female rower Teagan (Miku Martineau) who becomes the coxswain of a dysfunctional all-boys rowing team at an elite East Coast Prep School.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In the 2,000-meter 8+ race, Kate and Gabby shared the boat with a total of eight rowers plus a coxswain who steers the boat and sets the cadence.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The pilot is aided by a navigator and by a third person who holds an antenna mast.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The shelter will be open only to Elk Grove residents or those with deep ties to the city, verified through a vetting process, and who receive referrals from the city’s homeless services navigators or police officers.
    Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Last week’s whale sightings by the Aquarium led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to implement a voluntary slow speed zone called a Dynamic Management Area (DMA) for mariners to reduce their speed to 10 knots to protect the whales.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Wander the gear aisles where gadgets promise to turn anyone into a better mariner, chef, parent and human being.
    Eric Barton, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The adaptable dining and lounging areas offer enough room for up to 12 seafarers.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The Phoenicians acquired a reputation as great seafarers and developed some of the first decked warships in antiquity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026

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“Crewman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crewman. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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