SPACEMAN

astronaut, spaceman, cosmonaut

(noun) a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; “the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

spaceman (plural spacemen)

(informal) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.

Synonyms

(astronaut)

• astronaut

• rocketman

(male astronaut)

• rocketman

Antonyms

• (male astronaut): spacewoman

Hypernyms

(male astronaut)

• astronaut

• rocketman

Hyponyms

(astronaut)

• astronaut (American space programs)

• taikonaut (Chinese space program)

• cosmonaut (Soviet and Russian space programs)

• spationaut (European space programs)

Anagrams

• campanes, man-scape, manscape

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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