astronaut
noun/ˈæstrənɔːt/
/ˈæstrənɔːt/
- a person whose job involves travelling and working in a spacecraft
- sending astronauts into space
Word Origin1920s: from astro-, on the pattern of aeronaut and aquanaut.Definitions on the go
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