ASTRONAUT
NOUNS
1971 ► PENGUIN SUIT a type of tight-fitting suit worn by astronauts → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1932 ► SPACEMAN an astronaut; a person who travels in space
1935 ► MOONMAN an astronaut; a person involved in astronautics
M20. ► JOCK an astronaut; a pilot → N. Amer. colloq.
1951 ► SPACEWOMAN a female astronaut; a female traveller in space
1952 ► SPACE CADET a trainee spaceman or spacewoman
1971 ► TAXI-DRIVER an astronaut or traveller in space; one in the orbiting command module
1972 ► MISSILETOES attractive astronauts → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1986 ► MOON-SHOOTER an astronaut who travels to the moon → rare
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