corpsman
Americannoun
plural
corpsmen-
U.S. Navy. an enlisted person working as a pharmacist or hospital assistant.
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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.
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a member of any corps, as of the Peace Corps.
noun
Etymology
Origin of corpsman
Example Sentences
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Navy corpsman and Dis’ older brother, found it difficult to grieve his friends who died while serving and the death of his sister because he was raised to “Be a man and suck it up.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Warfare” is Mendoza and his fellow corpsman combining their memories to tell Miller, and us, how that attack looked, felt and sounded.
From Los Angeles Times
A Navy corpsman rushed to his aid and applied dressings.
From Washington Post
He was then sent to Europe, where he volunteered for kitchen duty but ended up as a corpsman and a mess sergeant in Gen. George S. Patton’s army; he would forage for food once the troops had outpaced their supplies.
From New York Times
During his campaign, Mr. Peña highlighted his time as a Navy hospital corpsman assigned to a Marine division in Okinawa, Japan.
From New York Times
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