corpsman

corpsman
/kawr"meuhn, kohr"-/, n., pl. corpsmen.
1. U.S. Navy. an enlisted person working as a pharmacist or hospital assistant.
2. 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.
3. a member of any corps, as of the Peace Corps.
[1940-45, Amer.; CORPS + -MAN]

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