corpsman
[kawr-muh n, kohr-]
- U.S. Navy. an enlisted person working as a pharmacist or hospital assistant.
- U.S. Army. an enlisted person in the Medical Corps who accompanies combat troops into battle to give first aid, carry off the wounded, etc.
- a member of any corps, as of the Peace Corps.
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Origin of corpsman
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"The corpsman said you wanted to ask me some things," he said.
Uniform of a ManDave Dryfoos
Don't you believe a Corpsman should use all his abilities in his service?
Man of Many MindsE. Everett Evans
He tried to speak, and must have stirred; the corpsman's voice sharpened.
Time and Time AgainHenry Beam Piper
The corpsman straightened up and turned to Walters and Captain Strong.
Treachery in Outer SpaceCarey Rockwell and Louis Glanzman
The corpsman indicated the big cadet's hands, skinned and swollen from his labor in the mines.
Treachery in Outer SpaceCarey Rockwell and Louis Glanzman
corpsman
- US military a medical orderly or stretcher-bearer
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