spaceman en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈspeɪsˌmæn/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English spaceman From space + -man.
Meanings
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(childish, informal) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.
I want to be a spaceman when I grow up.
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(informal) A humanoid extraterrestrial.
A spaceman from Mars could easily pick out the most civilized nations here. They are the only ones who know how to make atom bombs.
1972, Prochnow, Herbert V. (Herbert Victor), 1897-1998, 1000 stories and illustrations for all occasions, →OCLC:He was out UFO-hunting in the Mojave Desert, California, when he was greeted by a tall, blond spaceman from Venus
2011, Wolfsblume, Jack, Paranormal, →OCLC:While in Los Angeles he was contacted by a spaceman from Saturn whose name was Ramu[…]
1977, Ortzen, Len, Strange stories of UFOs, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spacemen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
spacemanship · spacewoman (astronaut)
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
spationaut · taikonaut · cosmonaut · spacewoman
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (38)
ro astronaut (astronaut) · it astronauta (astronaut) · es cosmonauta (astronaut) · ia astronauta (astronaut) · sv rymdfarare (astronaut) · es astronauta (astronaut) · fr cosmonaute (astronaut) · sv astronaut (astronaut) · fr astronaute (astronaut) · fi avaruuslentäjä (astronaut) · de Weltraumfahrer (astronaut) · da rummand (astronaut) · lt astronautas (astronaut) · de Astronaut (astronaut) · de Raumfahrer (astronaut) · es hombre del espacio (astronaut) · hi अंतरिक्ष यात्री (astronaut) · pt astronauta (astronaut) · kw den efanvos (astronaut) · ru космона́вт (astronaut) · da kosmonaut (astronaut) · it cosmonauta (astronaut) · de Kosmonaut (astronaut) · ru астрона́вт (astronaut) · nl astronaut (astronaut) · tl taunlawak (astronaut) · pl astronauta (astronaut) · nl ruimtevaarder (astronaut) · bg космона́вт (astronaut) · pl kosmonauta (astronaut) · da rumfarer (astronaut) · kw stervarner (astronaut) · fr spationaute (astronaut) · nl kosmonaut (astronaut) · da astronaut (astronaut) · lt kosmonautas (astronaut) · pt cosmonauta (astronaut) · de Spationaut (astronaut)