spacewalker
spacewalker noun: an astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.
Noun
spacewalker (plural spacewalkers)
- 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.2007 August 16, Kenneth Chang, “Shuttle Crew Is Told to Study for Repairs, as NASA Wavers”, in The New York Times
- Mr. Clooney, as a veteran spacewalker, with his resonant voice and folksy yarns, seems to be channeling every imperturbable astronaut you ever heard speaking from on high.2013 September 30, Dennis Overbye, “Astronaut and a Writer at the Movies”, in The New York Times
Forms of spacewalker
| plural | spacewalkers |
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Origin of spacewalker
From space + walker. Analyzable as spacewalk + -er.
Questions about spacewalker
- What does spacewalker mean?
- Spacewalker means an astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.
- What part of speech is spacewalker?
- Spacewalker is a noun.
- What is the plural of spacewalker?
- The plural of spacewalker is spacewalkers.
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