spacewomann.
/ˈspeɪsˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈspeɪsˌwʊmən/ A female astronaut; (also) a woman or female being from another planet. Cf. spaceman n.
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spacewoman1951
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spacewoman1951
1951 L. del Rey Deadliest Female in Worlds Beyond Feb. 29 Spacewomen were never promoted higher than lieutenants—his own rank—since they were automatically retired at thirty-five.
1963 Daily Tel. 18 Oct. 23/3 (caption) Russia's first space woman, Valentina Tereshkova, 26, waving at Prestwick yesterday when her plane made a two-hour refuelling stop.
2003 C. Suk-Han Ho et al. in C. McBride-Chang & H.-C. Chen Reading Devel. Chinese Children iv. 58 The spacewoman introduced the names of the strange objects to him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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