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hospital corpsman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
hos-pi-tal -corps-man
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a hospital corps, typically an enlisted navy sailor, often working at military hospitals.

American usage

noun

Alternative letter-case form of hospital corpsman.

Etymology

From hospital + corpsman.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hospital corpsmen (plural) HM (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

HN corpsman hospitalman

Questions

What does hospital corpsman mean?
A member of a hospital corps, typically an enlisted navy sailor, often working at military hospitals.
Where does hospital corpsman come from?
From hospital + corpsman.

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