crewmate

noun

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

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Meir and her crewmates flew to the Kennedy Space Center from Houston on Friday. William Harwood, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026 Wiseman and his three crewmates—Victor Glover and Christina Koch of NASA and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency—were publicly assigned to this mission in April 2023. IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2026 Her crewmate on Boeing's troubled Starliner test flight, Butch Wilmore, left NASA last summer. Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026 Williams joined her crewmate from the Starliner mission, Butch Wilmore, in retirement. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crewmate

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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 15 Feb. 2026.

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