crewman

C3R1E1W4M3A1N1

noun

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

Similar
armoured crewman
OriginMiddle English man ← Old English mann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann →
UncommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

nouncrewman (plural crewmen)

plural crewmen

  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.

    1963 October, “Robot Central Line trains”, in Modern Railways, page 262
  2. CanadagovernmentSynonym of armoured crewman.

    Synonyms: armoured crewman

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of armoured crewman.

Similar
armoured crewman
Also see
trooperzipperhead

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-sḱéti
  3. Latincrēscere
  4. Old Frenchcreistre
  5. Old Frenchcreue
  6. Middle Englishcrue
  7. Englishcrew
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  9. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  10. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  11. Old Englishmann
  12. Middle Englishman
  13. Englishcrewman

From crew + -man.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with crewman

humanNewmaninhumanlumenbitumenrumennumencerumenalterhumanchuman
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Cite this entry
APA

crewman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crewman

MLA

“crewman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crewman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crewman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crewman.

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