crewman

[ kroo-muhn ]

noun

, plural crew·men.

1. a member of a crew. crow.

Other Words From

• crewman·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of crewman¹

First recorded in 1935–40; crew ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

The narrative takes orbit again when Shesol re-creates Glenn’s 1998 return to space as a crewman on the space shuttle Discovery’s nine-day STS-95 mission — which made him, at age 77, the oldest human ever in space, a record that still stands.

From Washington Post

He was previously a federal police officer and also served as an Army Military Police officer and in the Air Force as a combat crewman, the spokeswoman said.

From Washington Post

He started out as a tank crewman and then transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as an instructor in 2001.

From TechCrunch

I drink tea, chat to a Greek crewman whose English is very poor but who insists he wants to know what my books are about.

From The Daily Beast

Last year, Murphy began acting bizarrely while on the Los Angeles movie set of Across the Hall, one crewman told me.

From The Daily Beast

Then the pirate took a phone and gave it to another crewman.

From The Daily Beast

And because of that, the gunmen killed the crewman to make an example to other ship owners.

From The Daily Beast

Taking up Ley's Space Ships again, he began fondly to reread the page, when there was a knock at the door and a crewman entered.

From Project Gutenberg

He pounded two swift punches into the amazed crewman, who responded with a woozy, wild blow.

From Project Gutenberg

He and Haruhiku entered, and the crewman at the controls took off for the scene of the dispute.

From Project Gutenberg

As an Unspecialized Crewman he was shifted from post to post, filling in wherever he was needed.

From Project Gutenberg

He repressed his anger, wondering again at the wisdom of trying to save the enemy crewman.

From Project Gutenberg