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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts" [syn: astronaut, spaceman, cosmonaut]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: astr- + -naut (as in aeronaut) Date: 1929 a person who travels beyond the earth's atmosphere; also a trainee for spaceflight

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft. Derivatives: astronautical adj. Etymology: ASTRO-, after aeronaut

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(astronauts) An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft. N-COUNT

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