crewmate

noun

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

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The two, together with their Expedition 74 crewmates, will spend the next few weeks unpacking the craft of its nearly 6,500 pounds of cargo and then repacking it with science results, returning hardware and refuse for the trip back to Earth in mid-June. Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 17 May 2026 Once hatches are opened, the spacecraft will be unloaded by Crew 12 commander Jessica Meir and her three crewmates, pilot Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot and cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. William Harwood, CBS News, 15 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 My crewmates seemed surprised to get this kind of pushback from within the Mars Society. Elena Saavedra Buckley, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crewmate

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First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 20 May. 2026.

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