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Eight crewmen were wounded in the attack.
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On August 3, 1492, the Genoese captain Christopher Columbus set sail on the Santa María from Palos, in the Bay of Cádiz on the coast of Spain, with around forty crewmen, alongside two smaller caravels, the Niña and the Pinta.
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Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
The crewman who sent the chain into motion with a single hammer blow was not identified.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
One of the younger crewmen glanced at the shark with a mix of awe and routine acceptance, while most of the crew barely spared a glance; this was routine work in Cochin, India, where the sharks of the Arabian Sea had long been part of a thriving, high-stakes fishery.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
That clash in the Spratlys near Second Thomas Shoal, on which Philippine marines are stationed in a rusting World War II naval vessel, left a Filipino crewman missing a thumb.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
The crewman who sent the chain into motion with a single hammer blow was not identified.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
One of the younger crewmen glanced at the shark with a mix of awe and routine acceptance, while most of the crew barely spared a glance; this was routine work in Cochin, India, where the sharks of the Arabian Sea had long been part of a thriving, high-stakes fishery.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
That clash in the Spratlys near Second Thomas Shoal, on which Philippine marines are stationed in a rusting World War II naval vessel, left a Filipino crewman missing a thumb.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crewman
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“Crewman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crewman. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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crewman
noun
crew·man
ˈkrü-mən 
: a member of a crew
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