spaceman
pronunciation
How to pronounce spaceman in British English:
UK [ˈspeɪsmæn]
How to pronounce spaceman in American English:
US [ˈspeɪsmæn]
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- Noun:
- a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
Word Origin
- spaceman (n.)
- 1942 in the astronaut sense, from space (n.) + man (n.). Earlier it meant "journalist paid by the length of his copy" (1892). Spacewoman recorded from 1960.
Example
- 1. The spaceman has already landed on the moon .
- 2. My younger brother is dreaming of becoming a spaceman .
- 3. What does a spaceman do ?
- 4. You don 't wanna be no spaceman .
- 5. The spaceman will put a flag of chinaon the moon .