spaceman
Americannoun
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See -man.
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Origin of spaceman
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The action-comedy favourite once again stars Tim Allen as spaceman Buzz Lightyear, Tom Hanks as a pull-string cowboy doll named Woody, and Joan Cusack as cowgirl Jessie.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
But I love him best when he’s silly and sensitive and Tim Allen really shines at providing the spaceman with an emotional depth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
He resurfaced in pop culture in 2019 when Tom Hanks signed on to produce and star in a forthcoming movie about the spaceman.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
The Nativity unveiled by the Vatican last week evokes an out-of-this-world vibe, with an oval-headed Joseph, a spaceman as one of the Wise Men, an extraterrestrial Archangel Gabriel and bulky farm animals.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 17, 2020
“What’s up with that spaceman outfit? You in the Black Eyed Peas now?”
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
She tells the fascinating story of how spacemen and technology inspired the creation of one of the most popular kids TV shows of all time, Teletubbies.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2022
But that approach was abandoned after they found themselves essentially building another Space Shuttle Discovery, and they threw out modernized designs for the spacemen, too.
From The Verge ● Jun. 18, 2022
The two spacemen were viewed with a mixture of passing curiosity and snarling resentment.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2021
“I’m trying to get the planet ready for spacemen, because they’re sure to land soon.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2020
He’d show up at my house or I’d go up to his and we’d be off to the mountains, playing cowboys or spacemen or pirates or whatever we could think up.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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