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corpsman

noun
/ˈkɔː(ɹ)mən/

Etymology

From corps + -man.

  1. derived from corpus
  2. derived from corps d'armée
  3. suffixed as corpsman — “corps + man”

Definitions

  1. 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.’”

  2. An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic.

  3. A military medic.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA