spacer

Definition

A person who works or lives in space.

Etymology

From space + -er.

Example Sentences

• "It was the futile throwing back in the face of the Spacers their most keenly felt insult: their insistence on considering the natives of Earth as disgustingly diseased."
• ""How do I know I can trust you?" asked BKR. Grakker hesitated. "Spacer's oath," he said at last."
• "Shepard: What are you running for? Charles Saracino: I'm seeking one of the five spacer seats in Parliament. They have certain baroque conditions for a citizen to be able to vote for them. Charles Saracino: You have to spend more than six months a year in space. But you can't have stayed in any one settled system for more than a month."