spacewoman
Americannoun
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spacewomen
plural
Gender
See -woman.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of spacewoman
First recorded in 1960–65; space(man) + -woman
Example Sentences
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Ride's switch to the private sector, effective Aug. 15, comes in the wake of her divorce from Astronaut Steven Hawley and reports that the ambitious spacewoman had become restless at NASA.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first station will probably accommodate twelve people, including the first American spacewoman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Evidently Truman Bethurum's Aura Rhanes put out the word about earthmen because two beautiful spacewomen have now entered Adamski's life: an "incredibly lovely" blonde named Kalna, and the equally beautiful Illmuth.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt
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