crewman

C2+ Topic:Transportation

US /ˈkrumən/ UK /ˈkruːmən/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a member of the crew of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle

A young crewman scrambled aloft to reef the topsail.

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1 noun · a member of the crew of a... sailor seaman handcrewmembermariner

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Related forms crew crewless

Etymology

A compound of 'crew' + 'man'; 'crew' comes from Middle French 'creue' ('augmentation, reinforcement'), from Latin 'crēscere' ('to grow').

creue Old French mann Old English

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# crewman

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈkrumən
**IPA (UK):** ˈkruːmən

## Meanings
1. a member of the crew of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle

## Examples
- A young crewman scrambled aloft to reef the topsail.

## Synonyms
- sailor
- seaman
- hand
- crewmember
- mariner

## Related Forms
- crew
- crewless

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: creue
- Root: mann

## Etymology
A compound of 'crew' + 'man'; 'crew' comes from Middle French 'creue' ('augmentation, reinforcement'), from Latin 'crēscere' ('to grow').

## AI Etymology
Crewman is a compound of 'crew' + 'man'; 'crew' comes from Middle French 'creue' ('augmentation, reinforcement'), from Latin 'crēscere' ('to grow'). The ancestry passes through Middle French creue and Old English mann. In present use as a noun, it means "a member of the crew of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. As a compound, its meaning is assembled from the two visible parts rather than from an opaque borrowing. Related words include crew and crewless.

## Topics
- Transportation
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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