HyperDic: spaceman

English > 1 sense of the word spaceman:
NOUNperson spaceman, astronaut, cosmonauta person trained to travel in a spacecraft
English > spaceman: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
Synonymsastronaut, cosmonaut
InstancesArmstrong, Neil ArmstrongUnited States astronaut
Gagarin, Yuri Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich GagarinSoviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn Jr.made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962
Shepard, Alan Shepard, Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)
Tereshkova, Valentina Tereshkova, Valentina Vladmirovna TereshkovaSoviet cosmonaut who was the first woman in space (born in 1937)
NarrowerspacewalkerAn astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space
Broadertraveler, travellerA person who changes location
Spanishastronauta, cosmonauta
Catalanastronauta, cosmonauta

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