A spaceman, floating in space.
Etymology
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space + -man
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spaceman (plural spacemen)
- (informal, childish) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.
I want to be a spaceman when I grow up.
- (informal) A humanoid extraterrestrial.
1972, Prochnow, Herbert V. (Herbert Victor), 1897-1998, 1000 stories and illustrations for all occasions[1], →OCLC: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.
1977, Ortzen, Len, Strange stories of UFOs[2], →OCLC:While in Los Angeles he was contacted by a spaceman from Saturn whose name was Ramu […]
2011, Wolfsblume, Jack, Paranormal[3], →OCLC:He was out UFO-hunting in the Mojave Desert, California, when he was greeted by a tall, blond spaceman from Venus
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(astronaut):
(male astronaut):
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astronaut
- Bulgarian: космона́вт (bg) m (kosmonávt)
- Cornish: den efanvos m, stervarner m
- Danish: astronaut (da) c, rumfarer c, rummand c, kosmonaut (da) c (if from the USSR or Russia)
- Finnish: avaruuslentäjä (fi)
- French: astronaute (fr) m or f (US), cosmonaute (fr) m or f (USSR/Russia), spationaute (fr) m or f (EU)
- German: Raumfahrer (de) m, Weltraumfahrer (de) m, Astronaut (de) m, Kosmonaut (de) m, Spationaut (de) m
- Interlingua: astronauta
- Italian: astronauta (it) m or f, cosmonauta (it) m or f
- Lithuanian: kosmonautas m (if from the USSR or Russia), astronautas m (if from the US)
- Polish: astronauta (pl) m, kosmonauta (pl) m
- Portuguese: astronauta (pt) m or f, cosmonauta (pt) m or f
- Romanian: astronaut (ro) m
- Russian: космона́вт (ru) m (kosmonávt), (US) астрона́вт (ru) m (astronávt)
- Spanish: astronauta (es) m or f, hombre del espacio m, cosmonauta (es) m or f,
- Swedish: rymdfarare (sv) c, astronaut (sv) c
- Tagalog: taunlawak
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