Spationaut

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An astronaut, regardless of nationality.

    "How many spationauts are there?"

  2. 2
    A French spationaut or astronaut.

    "Long term cosmonauts Gennadiy Manakov and Aleksandr Polishchuk, who arrived at Mir on Jan. 24th, will be flying French Spationaut Jean-Pierre Haignere in the older Soyuz TM-16 capsule."

  3. 3
    A European astronaut, specifically one representing ESA.

    "The next flight to the ISS is scheduled for April 19th and will be composed of Russian cosmonaut Guennady Padalka, American astronaut Michael Fincke and ESA Dutch spationaut André Kuipers. [ESA, AFP 04/02/2004, Air & Cosmos 04/09/2004]"

Synonyms

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taikonaut

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Etymology

From French spationaute. spatio- + -naut.

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