spationaut
nounEtymology
From French spationaute. spatio- + -naut.
- borrowed from spationaute
Definitions
An astronaut, regardless of nationality.
- How many spationauts are there?
A French spationaut or astronaut.
- Long term cosmonauts Gennadiy Manakov and Aleksandr Polishchuk, who arrived at Mir on Jan. 24th, will be flying French Spationaut Jean-Pierre Haignere in the older Soyuz TM-16 capsule.
A European astronaut, specifically one representing ESA.
- The next flight to the ISS is scheduled for April 19th and will be composed of Russian cosmonaut Guennady Padalka, American astronaut Michael Fincke and ESA Dutch spationaut André Kuipers. [ESA, AFP 04/02/2004, Air & Cosmos 04/09/2004]
The neighborhood
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No curated loop yet for spationaut. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA