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spacefaring, vbl. n. and ppl. a.|ˈspeɪsfɛərɪŋ|
[f. space n.1, after seafaring.]
A. vbl. n. Space travel.
B. ppl. a. That engages in space travel.
1959P. Anderson Virgin Planet (1969) iii. 20 Who had ever begun the idea that spacefaring was one long wild adventure? 1962New Scientist 1 Mar. 489 The leaders of the two spacefaring countries. 1973Sci. News 3 Nov. 283 My own view..was that they [sc. pulsars] were perfect interstellar navigation beacons, the sort of markers that an interstellar spacefaring society would want to place throughout the galaxy. 1978D. R. Mason Mission to Pactolus R i. 11 A long session in a Fingalnan brothel would set them up for another stint of spacefaring.
Also ˈspacefarer, one who travels in space.
1974New Scientist 27 June 772 Such an asteroid-ark might one day encounter spacefarers of another civilisation, members of an intellectual brotherhood of the stars. |