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radarman

American  
[rey-dahr-muhn, -man] / ˈreɪ dɑr mən, -ˌmæn /

noun

  • radarmen
    plural
  1. a person who operates or helps to operate radar equipment.


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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of radarman

First recorded in 1940–45; radar + man

Example Sentences

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As a radarman charged with tracking the movements of enemy ships and submarines, Johnson said the ship was engaged in “a game of chicken” off the coast of China.

From Washington Times Oct. 2, 2016

Scott, 57, a lawyer and former Navy radarman who made his fortune acquiring hospitals in Texas, was never personally charged in the Columbia/HCA scandal.

From Time Jun. 18, 2010

In the cockpit of the F-94, a wealth of information crackles in on the headsets of the pilot and his radarman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tony Ricotta, radarman, spotted two "ships" on the screen.

From Time Magazine Archive

When they had, he could make out the shadowed forms of the OD, the first class quartermaster at the wheel, and the radarman hunched over the repeater, the scope a phosphorescent blur in the darkness.

From Decision by H. R. Smith

As the helpless radarmen watched, the plane shot across the border.

From Time Magazine Archive

As radarmen called fruitlessly for a course change, the big swept-wing Douglas jet crossed into Communist East Germany in the vicinity of the central Berlin air corridor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Air Force radarmen, who had been monitoring the course of both flights.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are there as civilian pilots, air-traffic controllers, radarmen, advisers, engineers and cartographers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Back at the station, radarmen tracked the objects as they hovered for a moment above Key West.

From The Flying Saucers are Real by Donald E. (Donald Edward) Keyhoe

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