corpsman

English

Etymology

From corps +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)mən/, /ˈkɔː(ɹ)zmən/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mən

Noun

corpsman (plural corpsmen)

  1. (US, military, nautical) A hospital corpsman.
    The corpsman prescribed Motrin to the sick marine for his symptoms.
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      “I love talking on the phone!” said Kate, a college student and corpsman in the Navy Reserve. “If someone’s like, ‘Do you want to text?’ ‘No! Call me. I want to hear your voice.’”
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  2. (obsolete, US, military) An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic.
  3. (medicine, military, nonstandard) A military medic.

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