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.

2. (deprecated, US, military) An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic.
3. (medicine, military, nonstandard) A military medic.

Translations

a naval medic

An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic

• Dutch: hospik (nl) m
• Lithuanian: ligintojas m, ligintoja f
• Macedonian: санита́р m (sanitár), санита́рка f (sanitárka)
• Russian: санита́р (ru) m (sanitár)

See also

• corpswoman
• aidman

Anagrams

• crampons