astronomer

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Etymology

From Middle English astronomer, equivalent to astronomy +‎ -er.

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Noun

astronomer (plural astronomers)

  1. (astronomy) One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.
    • 2020 January 7, Ashley Strickland, “First US observatory named in honor of a female astronomer, Vera Rubin”, in CNN:
      Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting that the first national US observatory named for a female astronomer is in her honor.
    • 2024 August 21, Ashley Strickland, “An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is”, in CNN:
      But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry them out of the galaxy like “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last two decades.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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astronomer m

  1. indefinite plural of astronom

Swedish

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astronomer

  1. indefinite plural of astronom

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