spaceman

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spaceman

  • /ˈspeɪsˌmæn/ US

Rhymes with -eɪsmæn

noun spacemen

  1. childish, informal An astronaut, often a male astronaut. I want to be a spaceman when I grow up.
  2. 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.

Similar: astronaut, rocketman

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@misc{spaceman_2026,
  title = {spaceman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spaceman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}