noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship.

   "Next year this service is to be operated entirely by automatic control, though the trains will carry at least one crewman."

2. 2
   any male member of a ship's crew wordnet
3. 3
   Synonym of armoured crewman. Canada
4. 4
   a male member of a flight crew wordnet
5. 5
   a male member of a work crew wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

armoured crewmancrew membersailortrooperzipperheadzipperhead

Example

More examples

"Tom is a crewman on a spaceship."

Etymology

From crew + -man.

Related phrases

armoured crewman

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