corpsman

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

corps +‎ -man

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)mən/, /ˈkɔː(ɹ)zmən/

Noun[edit]

corpsman (plural corpsmen)

(US, military, nautical) A hospital corpsman.
The corpsman prescribed Motrin to the sick marine for his symptoms.
(deprecated, US, military) An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic.
(medicine, military, nonstandard) A military medic.

Translations[edit]

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[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

crampons

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