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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A type of spacecraft capable of traveling to the solar systems of other stars.
2. 2
   a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

spaceshipstar vessel

Example

More examples

"When did starship captains develop the habit of … talking like … this?"

Etymology

From star + ship.

Related phrases

solar system

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