corpsman

[ kawr-muhn, kohr- ]

noun

, plural corps·men.

1. U.S. Navy. an enlisted person working as a pharmacist or hospital assistant.
2. 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.
3. a member of any corps, as of the Peace Corps.

corpsman

/ ˈkɔːmən /

noun

1. military a medical orderly or stretcher-bearer

Word History and Origins

Origin of corpsman¹

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

Example Sentences

Navy Hospital Corpsman Chris Walsh and the three Marines he was with in June 2006 were not looking for a baby.

From The Daily Beast

Turns out Obama incorrectly pronounced Navy Corpsman (he pronounced the “s”) at a recent prayer breakfast.

From The Daily Beast

I engineered your adoption by the Hanlons—he was a retired Corpsman, you know—and I've paid your expenses.

From Project Gutenberg

They would know that if Hanlon was still a Corpsman his death would be most thoroughly investigated.

From Project Gutenberg

Gallifa walked past the ward corpsman and looked in the door.

From Project Gutenberg

"The corpsman said you wanted to ask me some things," he said.

From Project Gutenberg

The corpsman straightened up and turned to Walters and Captain Strong.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• practitioner
• surgeon