Astronaut

//ˈæstɹəˌnɔːt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
  2. 2
    a person trained to travel in a spacecraft wordnet
  3. 3
    A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.; An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.

    "Though from different social, economic, and political worlds, the astronauts and cosmonauts had much in common, both as professionals and human beings."

  4. 4
    A person (typically man) working abroad away from their family. Hong-Kong

Etymology

From astro- + -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).

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