crewmate

noun

crew·​mate ˈkrü-ˌmāt How to pronounce crewmate (audio)
: a fellow crewman

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Her three crewmates are pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India; mission specialist Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, a European Space Agency astronaut from Poland; and mission specialist Tibor Kapu, who hails from Hungary. Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 July 2025 Isaacman, along with his crewmate Sarah Gillis, completed the first private spacewalk. Wendy Whitman Cobb, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025 Hague and Gorbunov helped their Starliner crewmates familiarize themselves with the Crew 9 Dragon. William Harwood, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025 The other crewmates are Shukla and mission specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and Tibor Kapu, who hail from Poland and Hungary, respectively. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for crewmate

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of crewmate was in 1938

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“Crewmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crewmate. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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