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

Commander Gorringe gathered a group of crewmen around him & they disgust the situation.

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By that evening, many of the crewmen had begun to suffer from classic symptoms of radiation poisoning: weakness, headaches, fevers, and nausea.

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Since September U.S. drones have destroyed numerous vessels and killed scores of crewmen in the Caribbean, allegedly because they were carrying illegal narcotics.

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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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