spaceman

noun

space·​man ˈspās-ˌman How to pronounce spaceman (audio)
-mən
1
: one who travels outside the earth's atmosphere
2
: a visitor to earth from outer space

Examples of spaceman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Further Reading Swimming with spacemen: training for spacewalks at NASA’s giant pool The four astronauts chosen to fly Atlantis would have faced an extraordinarily compressed training schedule—and also a tremendous amount of professional and personal pressure. Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023 After recovery from the snow at the landing site near Arkalyk, these hardy spacemen then traveled two and a half hours by helicopter to Kustanay, Kazakhstan. Rebecca Horne, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2010 The spacemen gave him a stack, shut their hatch, and flew off in haste. Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023 Aurora, northwest of Fort Worth, has been living off the spaceman story for more than a century. Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023 When murderous hippies kill Hartnett’s family and destroy his replica, the spaceman begins to break down. Katcy Stephan, Variety, 15 June 2023 But Adéla’s situation has one crucial difference from the spaceman’s: Adéla is dead. Cory Oldweiler, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023 The resort, which opened in 2018, has been visited by celebrities like Ashanti, Ashley Graham, Lisa Rinna and Flo Rida, and features a one-of-a-kind 22-foot spaceman sculpture at the edge of their pier. Hannah Chubb, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023 Disney’s Lightyear is, somewhat confusingly, the movie that Andy from Toy Story watched before buying his shiny spaceman toy. Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 June 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of spaceman was in 1932

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“Spaceman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceman. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

spaceman

noun
space·​man ˈspā-ˌsman How to pronounce spaceman (audio)
-smən
1
: one who travels outside the earth's atmosphere
2
: a visitor to earth from outer space

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