CREWMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crewman mean? 

• CREWMAN (noun)
  The noun CREWMAN has 3 senses:

1. any member of a ship's crew

2. a member of a flight crew

3. a member of a work crew

  Familiarity information: CREWMAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CREWMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any member of a ship's crew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

crewman; sailor

Hypernyms ("crewman" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crewman"):

hand (a member of the crew of a ship)

lascar (an East Indian sailor)

gob; Jack; Jack-tar; mariner; old salt; sea dog; seafarer; seaman; tar (a man who serves as a sailor)

water dog; water rat (a person who enjoys being in or on the water)

yachtsman; yachtswoman (a person who owns or sails a yacht)

Instance hyponyms:

Alexander Selcraig; Alexander Selkirk; Selcraig; Selkirk (Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a flight crew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

crew member; crewman

Hypernyms ("crewman" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crewman"):

aircrewman (a member of an aircrew)

privateer; privateersman (an officer or crew member of a privateer)

Holonyms ("crewman" is a member of...):

crew (the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A member of a work crew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("crewman" is a kind of...):

employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)

Holonyms ("crewman" is a member of...):

crew; gang; work party (an organized group of workmen)