corpsman

[ kawr-muh n, kohr- ]

/ ˈkɔr mən, ˈkoʊr- /

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR corpsman ON THESAURUS.COM

noun, plural corps·men.

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.

Nearby words

corps, corps de ballet, corps diplomatique, corps of engineers, corpse, corpsman, corpulence, corpulent, corpus, corpus albicans, corpus amylaceum

Origin of corpsman

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; corps + -man

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for corpsman

Don't you believe a Corpsman should use all his abilities in his service?
Man of Many Minds|E. Everett Evans
The corpsman indicated the big cadet's hands, skinned and swollen from his labor in the mines.
Treachery in Outer Space|Carey Rockwell and Louis Glanzman
He tried to speak, and must have stirred; the corpsman's voice sharpened.
Time and Time Again|Henry Beam Piper
"The corpsman said you wanted to ask me some things," he said.
Uniform of a Man|Dave Dryfoos

Then a beefy arm appeared from nowhere and struck the corpsman a chopping blow at the base of the skull.
The Unprotected Species|Melvin Sturgis

British Dictionary definitions for corpsman

corpsman

/ (ˈkɔːmən) /

noun plural -men

US military a medical orderly or stretcher-bearer

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

corpsman

noun, plural corps·men.

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

Origin of corpsman

Examples from the Web for corpsman

British Dictionary definitions for corpsman

corpsman

noun plural -men