Definitions for corpsmen

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corpsmen corps·man

Spelling: [kawr-muh n, kohr-]

IPA: /ˈkɔr mən, ˈkoʊr-/

Corpsmen is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 378 anagrams from letters in corpsmen (cemnoprs).

Definitions for corpsmen

noun

1. U.S. Navy. an enlisted person working as a pharmacist or hospital assistant.
2. U.S. Army. an enlisted person in the Medical Corps who accompanies combat troops into battle to give first aid, carry off the wounded, etc.
3. a member of any corps, as of the Peace Corps.

Origin of corpsmen

An Americanism dating back to 1940-45; corps + -man

Examples for corpsmen

Another yell of triumph came from the corpsmen, and Hanlon felt a thrill of pride in the Service of which he was a part.

Our own Army doctors were at once incorporated in this improvised hospital's staff, with corpsmen assigned to duty in its wards.

As he remembered the stories, though, corpsmen seemed to appear from nowhere when there was serious trouble.