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cosmonaut

cos·mo·naut

UK/ˈkɒz.məˌnɔːt/ US/ˈkɑz.məˌnɔt/ rare

noun

1.

a person trained to travel in a spacecraft

  • “the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts”
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Origin

Borrowed from Russian космона́вт (kosmonávt), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -naut.

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