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Cosmonaut

KAW-zmuh-nawt

/ˈkɔːzmʌˌnɔːt/

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cosmonaut

Dictionary meaning

A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.

Examples

  • The Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts.

Synonyms: astronaut

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