corpsman

[ kawr-muh n, kohr- ]

/ ˈkɔr mən, ˈkoʊr- /

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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.

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Origin of corpsman

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

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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

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corpsman

noun, plural corps·men.

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corpsman

noun plural -men