crewmate

noun

Definition of crewmatenext
as in crew

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Recent Examples of crewmate Maintaining an appropriate level of engagement with the spacecraft, with the control team, and with your crewmates. — David W. Brown, New Yorker, 24 May 2026 Chris Ferguson, who flew as the pilot of Tanner’s last mission, STS-115, and who was inducted in 2022, honored his former crewmate similarly. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2026 My crewmates seemed surprised to get this kind of pushback from within the Mars Society. — Elena Saavedra Buckley, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026 In the sketch, an increasingly exasperated NASA pilot Victor Glover (Domingo) tries in vain to deliver a moving reflection on the mission while aboard the Orion spacecraft, but is constantly thwarted by the rest of his crewmates. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crewmate
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  1. crew
  2. crewman
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  • As the plane circled and prepared to return to the airport and emergency crews assembled, operations workers found the remains of the birds on the runway.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Emergency crews rushed to the AutoZone store on the city's south side after a shooting incident left one employee injured inside the business late Monday afternoon.
    — CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of crew
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  • Gregory served as a crewman on the Wizard, owned and operated by Keith, from 2018 to 2022.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • The acclaimed author of The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf brings erudition and flair to Forster’s peripatetic career as teenaged crewman on Captain Cook’s global voyage.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
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“Crewmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crewmate. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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