Meaning of Spacer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who works or lives in space.
2. An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
3. A bushing.
4. A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
   slang
5. A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
6. An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission.
   historical

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Examples

“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.”

“He was thankful that he still had his suit⟳ on when the ship had a catastrophic decompression, a spacer's worst nightmare.”

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