crewman C2+ Topic:Transportation US /ˈkrumən/ UK /ˈkruːmən/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a member of the crew of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle A young crewman scrambled aloft to reef the topsail. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a member of the crew of a... sailorseamanhandcrewmembermariner Word family Related forms crewcrewless Etymology AI details A compound of 'crew' + 'man'; 'crew' comes from Middle French 'creue' ('augmentation, reinforcement'), from Latin 'crēscere' ('to grow'). creue Old French mann Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Transportation Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown