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corpsman
[ kawr-muhn, kohr- ]
noun
, plural corps·men.
- U.S. Navy. an enlisted person working as a pharmacist or hospital assistant.
- 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.
- a member of any corps, as of the Peace Corps.
corpsman
/ ˈkɔːmən /
noun
- military a medical orderly or stretcher-bearer
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Navy Hospital Corpsman Chris Walsh and the three Marines he was with in June 2006 were not looking for a baby.
From The Daily Beast
Turns out Obama incorrectly pronounced Navy Corpsman (he pronounced the “s”) at a recent prayer breakfast.
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I engineered your adoption by the Hanlons—he was a retired Corpsman, you know—and I've paid your expenses.
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They would know that if Hanlon was still a Corpsman his death would be most thoroughly investigated.
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Gallifa walked past the ward corpsman and looked in the door.
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"The corpsman said you wanted to ask me some things," he said.
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The corpsman straightened up and turned to Walters and Captain Strong.
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