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spaceman

American  
[spays-man, -muhn] / ˈspeɪsˌmæn, -mən /

noun

  • spacemen
    plural
  1. an astronaut.

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


spaceman British  
/ ˈspeɪsˌmæn /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gender

See -man.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of spaceman

First recorded in 1935–40; space + man


Example Sentences

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UK spaceman Tim Peake is stepping down permanently from his role as a European astronaut.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2023

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

And so we skip back to meet the spaceman, in his fresh Earthman suit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 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 spacemen earned thousands of dollars for sometimes-staged events about their lives.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2022

The two spacemen were viewed with a mixture of passing curiosity and snarling resentment.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2021

The way they looked in the moonlight, slogging in the dust, I could imagine them to be spacemen on the moon.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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