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corpsman

/ˈkɔː(ɹ)mən/

corpsman noun: a hospital corpsman.

Noun

corpsman (plural corpsmen)

  1. (US) A hospital corpsman.
    • The corpsman prescribed Motrin to the sick marine for his symptoms.
    • “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.’”2025 September 6, Catherine Pearson, “She Started the Debate About Kids and Phones. Now She Wants to End It.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
  2. (US, obsolete) An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic.
  3. (nonstandard) A military medic.

Forms of corpsman

pluralcorpsmen

Plural of corpsman: corpsmen

Origin of corpsman

From corps + -man.

Phrases with corpsman

Words that rhyme with corpsman

Questions about corpsman

What does corpsman mean?
Corpsman means a hospital corpsman.
What part of speech is corpsman?
Corpsman is a noun.
How do you pronounce corpsman?
Corpsman is pronounced /ˈkɔː(ɹ)mən/.
What is the plural of corpsman?
The plural of corpsman is corpsmen.

Words near corpsman in the dictionary

  1. corpsey
  2. corpseys
  3. corpsicle
  4. corpsicles
  5. corpsing
  6. corpsman
  7. corpsmen
  8. corpspeak
  9. corpspeople
  10. corpsperson
  11. corpspersons

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