🧑‍⚕️ A hospital worker 🧑‍⚕️ A Navy medic 🛏️ A hospital resident

hospitalman

6.7

A Navy sailor who gives basic medical care on ships

noun
/ˈhɒspɪtlmən/

Jargon

: hospitalario

A hospitalman is often the first to provide medical care on a Navy ship.
Navy hospitalman

Examples

After completing his training, he was promoted to hospitalman in the Navy.
The hospitalman quickly responded to the injured sailor during the training exercise.
The hospitalman treated the injured sailor promptly.
Many hospitalmen serve on naval ships around the world.
As a hospitalman in the Navy, he provided essential medical care to injured soldiers.
During training, the hospitalman learned how to administer first aid in emergency situations.
Every hospitalman takes an oath to serve and care for the health of their comrades.

Synonyms

corpsman

vshospitalman

Specialized

14 7.7

A military medical assistant who gives first aid and care to people in the military

is a specific enlisted medical rank used in the United States Navy

Surface Forms

hospitalman singular

hospitalmen plural

Morphology

hospitalman = hospital + man (semi-transparent) = hospital + man

While the form suggests a medical-related person, the specific meaning as a U.S. Navy enlisted rank and its duties are specialized and not directly inferable by a B1 learner.

Etymology

Hospitalman comes from hospital, from an old word for 'guest' or 'host', and man meaning 'person'. In the Navy this became a rank for a sailor who gives basic medical care, so a hospitalman is a person who helps the sick on a ship.