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astronaut
A crew member of a space mission launched by the United States. (See Apollo program and Mercury program.)
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Language Translation for : astronaut
Spanish:
astronauta,
German:
der, *die Astronaut(in),
Japanese:
宇宙飛行士
astronaut
coined 1929 (but popularized 1961) from astro-, comb. form of Gk. astron "star" + nautes "sailor." Fr. astronautique (adj.) had been coined 1927 by "J.H. Rosny."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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