ASTRONAUT


Meaning of ASTRONAUT in English

/ ˈæstrənɔːt; NAmE / noun

a person whose job involves travelling and working in a spacecraft

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WORD ORIGIN

1920s: from astro- , on the pattern of aeronaut and aquanaut .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.