crewmate

noun

crew·​mate ˈkrü-ˌmāt How to pronounce crewmate (audio)
: a fellow crewman

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The pair were supported by crewmate Wang Haoze from inside the Tiangong space station. Andrew Jones, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025 The first mission's highlight will be the first commercial spacewalk when Isaacman and crewmate Sarah Gillis, a SpaceX employee, venture outside the spacecraft on a 12-foot-long tether. Richard Tribou Orlando Sentinel (tns), arkansasonline.com, 1 Sep. 2024 Don Pettit, who launched to the lab last year aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with two Russian crewmates. William Harwood, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025 The spacewalk is expected to last six-and-a-half hours as the two Expedition 72 crewmates install a new instrument that will measure cosmic X-ray sources as well as new electrical equipment, according to NASA. Brett Tingley, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crewmate 

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of crewmate was in 1938

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“Crewmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crewmate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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