spaceman
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- noun
- /ˈspeɪsˌmæn/
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astronauta
- The spaceman conducted important experiments aboard the International Space Station.
- Hey, spaceman
- Mr. Spaceman
- spaceman suit
It was a spaceman who was attracted to an alien.
- It was a spaceman who was attracted to an alien.
- I imagine that I'm one of those old Soviet era spaceman like Yuri Gagarin or Alexei Leonov, because that's what it feels like.
- They told me it was the lightest turbion in existence, which makes me feel like a spaceman, which is pretty pretty cool I think.
Examples
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As a spaceman, he trained for months to prepare for his mission into orbit.
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Look, spaceman, we just want to get out of here.
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Are you going to be a spaceman when you grow up?
Fiction book (1998) -
As soon as he packed up and left, guess what old Spaceman was doing.
Blog text (7) -
I never thought I could fall for a spaceman.
Fiction book (1996) -
But my spaceman was shy from the first time I saw him.
Fiction book (1996) -
But the spaceman says, "Gimme two wheels.
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Find out who's in charge of this spaceman business.
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When Alexander was eight, he surprised his mother by announcing that he wanted to become a spaceman.
Fiction book (1999) -
And you know all this because you're a spaceman too.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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A person who is trained to travel and work in a vehicle that goes into space
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word spaceman comes from space ('the area beyond Earth') and man ('a person'), so it literally means someone who travels and works in space.