crewmate

noun

crew·mate ˈkrü-ˌmāt

Synonyms of crewmate

: a fellow crewman

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My crewmates seemed surprised to get this kind of pushback from within the Mars Society. — Elena Saavedra Buckley, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026 At 17, Gilder joined more than a dozen of her women’s crewmates in protesting Yale’s treatment of women athletes. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 June 2026 Maintaining an appropriate level of engagement with the spacecraft, with the control team, and with your crewmates. — David W. Brown, New Yorker, 24 May 2026 During a press conference in Houston on April 11, Koch opened up about the support of her crewmates during the mission. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for crewmate

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1938, in the meaning defined above

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