crewman

[kroo-muhn]

noun

plural

crewmen 

1. a member of a crew. crow.

Other Word Forms

• crewmanship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of crewman¹

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

Example Sentences

It also touches on poignant personal details about the crewmen of the Edmund Fitzgerald and their families.

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The humanity Stamp imbued in the tragic, stammering naval vessel crewman established Stamp as a talent to watch — with a Golden Globe Award for best male newcomer to prove it.

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Though all of the crewmen had seen it many times — Jordan alone has run more than 150 airdrops since July — they pressed their faces to the windows to glimpse the devastated landscape.

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Mr Brown is a veteran of the US Armed Forces who served as an armour crewman from 2001-05 and was deployed to Iraq from 2004-05, a military spokeswoman told US media.

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One poor crewman’s pod looked as if Sweeney Todd had not yet cleaned up his workspace.

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