Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A radio technician or operator.

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  • noun A person who operates a radio transceiver, especially when a title or position in a crew.

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Examples

  • As the "radioman" that people in the Solon area sought for help, and as a dance-band drummer, he earned enough during the Depression to put himself through Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa.

    A Life of Sound Ideas 2008

  • My radioman poured Kool-Aid from his canteen onto my face and into my eyes, and I managed to get one eye to clear.

    The Truth About Being a Hero Karl Marlantes 2011

  • Shomron, the radioman, was injured at Yangykala, but the rest are all right.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • Shomron, the Israeli radioman, sat on the floor, too, with his back against the opposite wall and his bandaged leg stretched out in front of him.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • Shomron, the Israeli radioman, sat on the floor, too, with his back against the opposite wall and his bandaged leg stretched out in front of him.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • I could hear my radioman, who seemed very far away, telling the skipper I was down and that he didn't know if I was dead or not.

    The Truth About Being a Hero Karl Marlantes 2011

  • The young, 18-year old radioman to the left of Captain Ted Danielsen is my father, Lloyd “Rebel” Keene.

    Ia Drang Valley, Summer of ‘66 – Brian Keene 2009

  • I had the honor and the privilege of being the radioman who contacted a British battleship in the west Pacific and sent it the names, serial numbers and home addresses of all the survivors.

    Never Forgotten Newsletter 2009

  • When questioned JEH stated that he was never a radioman.

    JAMES ELIAS HAGER 2010

  • Shomron, the radioman, was injured at Yangykala, but the rest are all right.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

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