spaceman

American  

[speys-man, -muhn] / ˈspeɪsˌmæn, -mən /

noun

plural

spacemen

1. an astronaut.

2. a visitor to earth from outer space; extraterrestrial.

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spaceman British  

/ ˈspeɪsˌmæn /

noun

1. a person who travels in outer space, esp one trained to participate in a space flight

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Gender

See -man.

Etymology

Origin of spaceman

First recorded in 1935–40; space + man

Example Sentences

In his alter ego as the Spaceman, Frehley helped Kiss become an inescapable pop-cultural presence in the late 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

It also features outsider figures, like Ronald Vaughan, a friend of Bingenheimer’s who has self-released music as “Isadore Ivy, Spaceman at Large.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

Eurovision star Sam Ryder serenaded Mills with a rewritten version of his hit song Spaceman, called Paceman.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2022

Here’s AJ’s ring walk, which is made to the accompaniment of Chris de Burgh’s A Spaceman Came Travelling a rap tune dedicated to him.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2020

When he was little, they called him Spaceman.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby