corpsman
Americannoun
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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.
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“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 • Apr. 10, 2025
A corpsman asked if she had been hit.
From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2022
Mr. Ferriero, by the way, also served as a Navy hospital corpsman during the Vietnam War.
From Washington Times • May 3, 2022
Thomas Drake spoke to Fox News Digital on Monday about his Virginia-born father, Keith Drake, as well as his own four years of service as a hospital corpsman in the Navy.
From Fox News • Dec. 7, 2021
A corpsman with the small circle of his profession on his helmet knelt by my side.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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