spacewalkern.
/ˈspeɪswɔːkə/, U.S. /ˈspeɪsˌwɔkər/, /ˈspeɪsˌwɑkər/ 1. Science Fiction. A machine designed to enable a person to walk in space. rare.
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1930 Amazing Stories June 254/1 Four space-walkers, specially designed to be used by the men outside of the space-flier in interplanetary space in case of an emergency, are also included among the accessories.
2. A person who undertakes a spacewalk.
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1965 Sci. News Let. 27 Mar. 196 (heading) Space-walkers needed.
1973 Times 7 July 5/5 The main Soviet crew are Colonel Alexei Leonov, the world's first space walker, and Pilot-Cosmonaut Valery Kubasov.
2000 Guardian 12 Sept. i. 18/5 The spacewalkers ventured 33 metres from the cargo bay. It was the furthest any Nasa spacewalker had ventured while tethered.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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