different between spaceman vs spaeman

English

Etymology

space +? -man

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?spe?s?mæn/

Noun

spaceman (plural spacemen)

1. (informal) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.

   I want to be a spaceman when I grow up.

Synonyms

(astronaut):

• astronaut
• rocketman

(male astronaut):

• rocketman

Antonyms

• (male astronaut): spacewoman

Hypernyms

(male astronaut):

• astronaut
• rocketman

Hyponyms

(astronaut):

• taikonaut (Chinese space program)
• cosmonaut (Soviet and Russian space programs)
• spationaut (European space programs)
• spacewoman (female astronaut)

Derived terms

• (astronaut): spacewoman

Related terms

• spacewoman

Translations

Anagrams

• campanes, man-scape, manscape

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots spaeman.

Noun

spaeman (plural spaemen)

1. (Scotland) prophet; diviner

Anagrams

• man apes

Scots

Etymology

spae (“to prophesy, foretell, predict, tell fortunes”) +? man

Noun

spaeman (plural spaemen)

1. fortuneteller, diviner, prophet

Related terms

• spae-folk (“sorcerers, wizards”)
• spaer (“fortuneteller, soothsayer”)
• spaewife (“female fortuneteller”)