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radioman

American  
[rey-dee-oh-man] / ˈreɪ di oʊˌmæn /

noun

  • radiomen
    plural
  1. a person who operates a radio.


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Etymology

Origin of radioman

First recorded in 1920–25; radio + man

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Navy radioman, died while traveling to France to attend a commemorative event.

From New York Times Jun. 6, 2024

A U.S. ship’s radioman foils a poison-gas plot in a foreign port.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2020

He ducked down to help unload another box of ammunition and asked the grunt, “Who’s he calling?,” meaning the radioman.

From The New Yorker Jan. 14, 2019

In 1986, former Navy radioman John A. Walker Jr., the admitted head of a family spy ring, was sentenced in Baltimore to life imprisonment.

From Washington Times Nov. 6, 2018

The radioman at the front was not a Navajo, but a white guy named McAdams.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

Her voice was so loud, the Coast Guard radiomen thought she was very near too.

From National Geographic Jan. 30, 2024

Some of the pilots, some of the mechanics, radiomen and other groundmen who made up the Group donned the khaki with winged insignia of the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Longshoremen, tugboat men, radiomen, masters, mates and pilots announced that they would support the strike.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even then, old radiomen kept their eyes on Sarnoff.

From Time Magazine Archive

Manipulated once more by my tyrant, I was stationed, like other reporters and radiomen, in a captive balloon.

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward

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