corpsman

[ kawr-muh n, kohr- ]

/ ˈkɔr mən, ˈkoʊr- /

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.

Origin of corpsman

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; corps + -man

Don't you believe a Corpsman should use all his abilities in his service?

Man of Many Minds |E. Everett Evans
The corpsman indicated the big cadet's hands, skinned and swollen from his labor in the mines.

Treachery in Outer Space |Carey Rockwell and Louis Glanzman
He tried to speak, and must have stirred; the corpsman's voice sharpened.

Time and Time Again |Henry Beam Piper
"The corpsman said you wanted to ask me some things," he said.

Uniform of a Man |Dave Dryfoos

Then a beefy arm appeared from nowhere and struck the corpsman a chopping blow at the base of the skull.

The Unprotected Species |Melvin Sturgis

corpsman

/ (ˈkɔːmən) /

US military a medical orderly or stretcher-bearer