crewman

noun

crew·​man ˈkrü-mən How to pronounce crewman (audio)
: a member of a crew

Examples of crewman in a Sentence

Eight crewmen were wounded in the attack.
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Brown served as an armor crewman in the US Army from January 2001 to May 2005 and was deployed to Iraq from February 2004 to March 2005, Lt. Col. Ruth Castro, a spokesperson with the US Army, previously told CNN. Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025 Michael Paul Brown, a 45-year-old former Army armor crewman, is being sought by authorities Monday for allegedly gunning down four people early Friday at The Owl Bar near his home in rural Anaconda, Montana. Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025 Brown served in the Army as an armor crewman from 2001 to 2005 and deployed to Iraq from early 2004 until March 2005, said Lt. Col. Ruth Castro, an Army spokesperson. Hannah Schoenbaum, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025 Brown served in the U.S. Army as an armor crewman from 2001 to 2005 and was deployed to Iraq from early 2004 until March 2005, according to Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Ruth Castro. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crewman

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crewman was circa 1927

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“Crewman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crewman. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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crewman

noun
crew·​man ˈkrü-mən How to pronounce crewman (audio)
: a member of a crew

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