corpsman
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈkɔːrzmən/
- Specialized
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enfermero militar
- In the field hospital, the corpsman was responsible for assessing injuries and administering medications.
- Navy corpsman
- medical corpsman
- hospital corpsman
It was, it was always the Marines or Navy Corpsman who served with a Marine.
- It was, it was always the Marines or Navy Corpsman who served with a Marine.
- Didn't matter if you were sealed Diver, support technician, corpsman, that dude just loved everybody and made everybody laugh all the time.
- I mean, I, I took my corpsman, my Navy corpsman, great corpsman too.
Examples
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During the training exercise, a corpsman demonstrated how to perform CPR on a fellow soldier.
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When the soldier was wounded, the corpsman quickly provided first aid to stop the bleeding.
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We need a corpsman over here now!
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Get a corpsman over here.
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So he was in the Navy as a corpsman for a while.
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If you can't, raise your hand, and the corpsman will assist you.
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- Corpsman, see to Sergeant Rye.
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My father, Donald F. Hayter, served in the Army as a corpsman and was in New Guinea and the Philippines.
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I need a corpsman!
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My neighbor and classmate Samuel Hand died on Iwo Jima as a Navy corpsman with the Marines.
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Synonyms
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3.1
A person who gives medical care to injured soldiers on the battlefield
A Navy sailor who gives basic medical care on ships
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Corpsman comes from corps ('body' or a military group) and man, so it originally meant a 'person of the corps'. That's why a corpsman is a military medical assistant who looks after people's bodies, for example helping marines and sailors with first aid.