Spacewalker

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.

    "NASA has spacewalkers periodically look at their gloves, since the discovery of a cut in a glove used by an astronaut during the last shuttle mission."

  2. 2
    an astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space wordnet

Example

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"NASA has spacewalkers periodically look at their gloves, since the discovery of a cut in a glove used by an astronaut during the last shuttle mission."

Etymology

From space + walker. Analyzable as spacewalk + -er.

Related phrases

space walk

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