corpsman

noun

corps·​man ˈkȯr(z)-mən 

1

: an enlisted man trained to give first aid and minor medical treatment

2

: a member of a government-sponsored service corps

Examples of corpsman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After volunteering with humanitarian relief efforts for about a year, Ziuraitis pursued training to become a combat medic, was recruited to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine and reached the level of combat corpsman. —Marie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

Venter was a Navy corpsman in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. —Francie Ebert, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026

His grandfather, Chris Heidenreich, was a naval officer, and his uncle, Chip Heidenreich, served as a corpsman with the Marines. —Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026

Each corpsman was assigned to one of the four astronauts — NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and the Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen — providing immediate health checks and helping guide them out of the spacecraft. —Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

corps + man entry 1 (originally short for hospital corpsman, member of the Hospital Corps in the U.S. army and navy)

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for corpsman

• foreman
• foremen
• mormon
• warman
• longshoreman
• longshoremen
• metformin

Kids Definition

corpsman

noun

corps·​man ˈkō(ə)r(z)-mən 

ˈkȯ(ə)r(z)-

: an enlisted man trained to give first aid

Medical Definition

corpsman

noun

corps·​man ˈkō(ə)r(z)-mən, ˈkȯ(ə)r(z)- 

plural corpsmen -mən 

: a military enlisted person trained to give first aid and minor medical treatment