1. A member of the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps trained to provide emergency medical care and first aid.
Usage: military; U.S. armed forces

Examples

• The corpsman quickly treated the injured soldier on the battlefield.
• Navy corpsmen receive extensive training in trauma care and field medicine.
• A corpsman was stationed with each platoon during the deployment.
• The Marine called for the corpsman when his teammate was wounded.
• Corpsmen often serve as the first line of medical response in combat zones.