spacefarer n.
a person who travels in space, an astronaut; (also) a space traveller from another planet
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1936
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Bob Olsen
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The three spacefarers blasted their way through that perilous merry-go-round of cosmic junk known as โthe zone of asteroidsโ.
Space Marines & the Slavers in Amazing Stories Dec. 71/2 -
1939
Youโll find Captain Future the most dynamic space-farer the cosmos has ever seen.
in Le Zombie 28 Oct. 2 -
1940 Thrilling Wonder Stories Mar. 117/1
Venus Expedition Number One signs off for good in this issue, and we bid farewell to that gallant band of explorers. Gordon A. Gilesโ band of spacefarers is a hardy lot, and it has been exciting to watch them unravel the mysteries of the cloudy planet, discovering enigmatic pyramids on its surface, as on Mars and Earth.
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1971
Poul Anderson
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After all, with the hyperdrive opening endless wonders to them, spacefarers tended to choose the most obviously glamorous.
A Little Knowledge in Analog Science Fiction Aug. 108/2 -
1987
Greg Bear
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Edward had always sided with the scientists who thought Earth too puny and out of the way to be of interest to potential spacefarers. Of course, that was geocentrism in reverse.
Forge of God (1988) 78 -
1993
Arthur C. Clarke
Gentry Lee
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The purpose of the Rama series of spacecraft was to acquire and catalogue as much information as possible about spacefarers in the galaxy.
Rama Revealed 10 -
2000
Alastair Reynolds
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Unrestricted, any of these spacefarers could have dominated the entire galaxy in the totally inconsequential time of a few tens of millions of years.
Revelation Space xii. 201
Research requirements
antedating 1936
Earliest cite
Bob Olsen, in Amazing Stories
Research History
Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1971 cite from Poul Anderson's "A Little Knowledge".Jeff Prucher submitted a 1940 cite from an editorial feature in Thrilling Wonder Stories.
Jesse Sheidlower submitted a 1936 cite from Bob Olsen in Amazing Stories.
Earliest cite in OED2: 1974; improved to 1939 in OED3.
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