crewmate

noun

crew·​mate ˈkrü-ˌmāt How to pronounce crewmate (audio)
: a fellow crewman

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In the meantime, a xenomorph outside the chamber overtakes his crewmate and seemingly kills her. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025 Although Hague is completing his second spaceflight, the astronaut has actually launched three times: A rocket mishap in 2018 forced him and a Russian crewmate to abort their mission shortly after liftoff. NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025 The Russian space agency launched a replacement Soyuz spacecraft for Rubio and his cosmonaut crewmates several months later. Jackie Wattles, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025 The film tells the true story of deep-sea divers who battle the raging elements to save a crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface. Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crewmate

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First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of crewmate was in 1938

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“Crewmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crewmate. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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