different between crewmember vs deckhand

crewmember

English

Etymology

crew +? member

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /k?u??m?mb?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /k?u??m?mb?/
  • Hyphenation: crew?mem?ber
  • Rhymes: -?mb?(?)

Noun

crewmember (plural crewmembers)

  1. A member of a crew.
    The crewmembers held an emergency meeting in their cabin.

Translations

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deckhand

English

Etymology

deck +? hand

Noun

deckhand (plural deckhands)

  1. (nautical) A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
  2. (theater) A stagehand.
    • 2020, John Ramsey Holloway, ?Zachary Stribling, Illustrated Theatre Production Guide (page 15)
      Sometimes actors set props on the spikes, or sometimes a deckhand will do it, depending on the action of the play.

Translations

Verb

deckhand (third-person singular simple present deckhands, present participle deckhanding, simple past and past participle deckhanded)

  1. (intransitive) To work on a boat as a deckhand; crew.

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