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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

astronaut

· as·tro·naut · IPA /ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/
01 adj. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; one who travels in a spacecraft; -- called in the Soviet Union and Russia cosmonaut.
  1. 1.
    a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; one who travels in a spacecraft; -- called in the Soviet Union and Russia cosmonaut. Also: cosmonaut