corpsman
noun
corps·man
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Definition of corpsman
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: an enlisted man trained to give first aid and minor medical treatment
2
: a member of a government-sponsored service corps
Examples of corpsman in a Sentence
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The sailor, Houston said, is a corpsman assigned to Camp Pendleton. — Andrew Dyer, Los Angeles Times, "Two more Camp Pendleton Marines and a sailor arrested in human smuggling, drug probe," 27 July 2019 The sailor, Houston said, is a corpsman assigned to Camp Pendleton. — Andrew Dyer, Los Angeles Times, "Two more Camp Pendleton Marines and a sailor arrested in human smuggling, drug probe," 27 July 2019 The sailor, Houston said, is a corpsman assigned to Camp Pendleton. — Andrew Dyer, Los Angeles Times, "Two more Camp Pendleton Marines and a sailor arrested in human smuggling, drug probe," 27 July 2019 The Naval Criminal Investigative Service said Friday that those arrested at Camp Pendleton include 18 Marines and one sailor, a Navy corpsman, who all serve in the same unit. — Washington Post, "The Latest: 19 troops arrested in migrant smuggling case," 28 July 2019 The sailor, Houston said, is a corpsman assigned to Camp Pendleton. — Andrew Dyer, Los Angeles Times, "Two more Camp Pendleton Marines and a sailor arrested in human smuggling, drug probe," 27 July 2019 The sailor, Houston said, is a corpsman assigned to Camp Pendleton. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Two more Camp Pendleton Marines and a sailor arrested in human smuggling, drug probe," 26 July 2019 Floyd Sorenson was a Navy medical corpsman on a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) loaded with half a dozen tanks and around 100 1st Infantry Division soldiers. — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "On 75th anniversary of invasion, D-Day veterans recall 'all hell was breaking loose'," 6 June 2019 So on the first anniversary of the crash this month, a team of 30 Marine raiders and special amphibious reconnaissance Navy corpsmen undertook an 11-day, 900-mile ruck march from the crash site in Mississippi back to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. — Fox News, "Psychologist says Americans are suffering from 'Trump Anxiety Disorder'," 31 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'corpsman.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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corpsman
noun
corps·man
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plural corpsmen\ -mən
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Medical Definition of corpsman
: a military enlisted person trained to give first aid and minor medical treatment