astronaut
Astronaut Soichi Noguchi.
Meaning
Noun
- A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
- A returnee who frequently flies back and forth between Hong Kong and their adopted home country.
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Origin
- From astro- + -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον and ναύτης.
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