spaceman

From space + -man.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspeɪsˌmæn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪsmæn

spaceman (plural spacemen)

1. (informal, childish) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.

   I want to be a spaceman when I grow up.

2. (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

(astronaut):

• astronaut
• rocketman

(male astronaut):

• rocketman

(male astronaut):

• astronaut
• rocketman

(astronaut):

• taikonaut (Chinese space program)
• cosmonaut (Soviet and Russian space programs)
• spationaut (European space programs)
• spacewoman (female astronaut)

• (astronaut): spacewoman
• spacemanship

• spacewoman

• campanes, man-scape, manscape