hospitalman

American  

[hos-pi-tl-muhn] / ˈhɒs pɪ tl mən /

noun

U.S. Navy.

plural

hospitalmen

1. an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.

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Etymology

Origin of hospitalman

First recorded in 1820–30; hospital + man

Example Sentences

A hospitalman at the former Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Mass., was charged with, among other things, desecrating the flag by blowing his nose on one.

From Salon

Employees at Nicolock Paving Stones, a business located in the same office park as the warehouse, assisted one of the wounded sailors, Navy Hospitalman Casey Nutt, 26, of Germantown, Maryland, after he fled the scene of the initial shooting.

From Seattle Times

The magazine chose a face to encapsulate the humanitarian side of American forces, and that face belonged to Hospitalman Second Class Josiah Lucier, 29.

From Time

The investigation into the death of the Marine sergeant and the Navy hospitalman was completed in May and the findings were presented to Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, who was in command in Afghanistan at the time.

From Chicago Tribune

The staff sergeant, accompanied by Hospitalman Edward S. Harger, 22, a corpsman, jogged to the wounded man.

From New York Times