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spacewoman

[ speys-woom-uhn ]

noun

, plural space·wom·en.
  1. a woman astronaut.


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Gender Note

See -woman.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spacewoman1

First recorded in 1960–65; space(man) + -woman

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