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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
astronaut/ˈastrənɔːt/

▶noun a person trained to travel in a spacecraft.

– derivatives
astronautical adjective.

– origin 1920s: from astro-, on the pattern of aeronaut and aquanaut.

'astronaut' also found in these Oxford entries:

cosmonaut - faceplate - jock - space cadet - spaceman - spacesuit - spacewalk - taikonaut

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A/an: infantile / disappointed Astronaut [I, H, U]
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