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  • noun A member of a crew.

Etymologies

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crew member

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Examples

  • If the crewmember is married, this love with the ship is like an affair.

    Yet More Wonderful Women Erika Nelson 2008

  • If the crewmember is married, this love with the ship is like an affair.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Erika Nelson 2008

  • When the pilot receives word to fly to Toronto instead of Chicago, he tells passengers the jet will have to stop in Canada because a crewmember is sick.

    USATODAY.com - Part II: No one was sure if hijackers were on board 2002

  • The ax should only be wielded if the crewmember is convinced that using it is necessary to save lives – the pilot must be both mentally and physically prepared to take the life of a cockpit intruder, or the ax could be used against the pilot.

    Boing Boing: September 16, 2001 - September 22, 2001 Archives 2001

  • She doesn't know whether the "other downed crewmember" is her father or another man on the

    Serex, Henry M. 1990

  • Apparently, as no second F4 crewmember is missing in this locality on this date, the rear-seater on Midnight's aircraft was rescued.

    Midnight, Francis B. 1990

  • Fincke was a long-term crewmember of the ISS and had to wait four months before returning to Earth and seeing his new baby for the first time.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • ; Chief Master Sgt. Gean P. Clapper, Altoona, Pa.; and Chief Master Sgt. James R. Williams, Charlotte, N.C. The name of the eleventh crewmember is not being released at the request of his family.

    Wenaas, Gordon J. 1967

  • ; Chief Master Sgt. Gean P. Clapper, Altoona, Pa.; and Chief Master Sgt. James R. Williams, Charlotte, N.C. The name of the eleventh crewmember is not being released at the request of his family.

    Eckley, Wayne A. 1967

  • ; Chief Master Sgt. Gean P. Clapper, Altoona, Pa.; and Chief Master Sgt. James R. Williams, Charlotte, N.C. The name of the eleventh crewmember is not being released at the request of his family.

    Williams, James R. 1967

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