crewman

noun

crew·​man ˈkrü-mən How to pronounce crewman (audio)
: a member of a crew

Examples of crewman in a Sentence

Eight crewmen were wounded in the attack.
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One Mackay-Bennett crewman described how the ship came upon a cluster of 100 corpses on the second day of the search. Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025 But the pandemic also gave Celebrity the unenviable job of repatriating thousands of crewmen to their homes around the globe — all while making sure that none encountered a member of the public. Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025 Now, in a statement to Fox News Digital, National Museum of Denmark archaeologist David John Gregory said the two ships carried between 600 and 700 African slaves at the time of the sinking, plus around 100 crewmen. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025 The Indonesian crewmen earned about $330 per month but did not know how much the North Koreans made. Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crewman

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crewman was circa 1927

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“Crewman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crewman. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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crewman

noun
crew·​man ˈkrü-mən How to pronounce crewman (audio)
: a member of a crew

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