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corpsman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɔː(ɹ)zmən/
• /ˈkɔː(ɹ)mən/

Etymology

From corps + -man.

Meanings

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

Relateds

aidman · corpswoman

Translations (6)

ru санита́р (An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic) · mk санита́рка (An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic) · mk санита́р (An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic) · lt ligintojas (An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic) · nl hospik (An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic) · lt ligintoja (An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic)