Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who specializes in astronomy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is versed in astronomy; a scientific observer of the stars; a student of the laws of the heavenly bodies, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An astrologer.
- noun One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena.
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- noun One who studies
astronomy , thestars or thephysical universe ; ascientist whose area of research is astronomy orastrophysics
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a physicist who studies astronomy
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Examples
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One such amateur astronomer is Caroline Moore, who, at age 14, was the youngest person to ever discover a supernova.
Caroline Moore: 14-year old Astronomer Peggy 2009
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I can never remember ... you know, the thin astronomer?
Sigh Dr. Lisa 2007
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I can never remember ... you know, the thin astronomer?
Archive 2007-05-01 Dr. Lisa 2007
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A Chinese astronomer from the University of St Andrews has fine-tuned Einstein's groundbreaking theory of gravity, creating a 'simple' theory which could solve a dark mystery that has baffled astrophysicists for three-quarters of a century.
Archive 2006-02-12 Edward Willett 2006
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A Chinese astronomer from the University of St Andrews has fine-tuned Einstein's groundbreaking theory of gravity, creating a 'simple' theory which could solve a dark mystery that has baffled astrophysicists for three-quarters of a century.
Hot on the heels of my previous "antigravity" post... Edward Willett 2006
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Happily, Alfar's story of an obsessed woman trying to get the attention of the local astronomer is less convoluted and easy to follow than Marquez's story.
dawn at thirty six Dean Francis Alfar 2005
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We are sometimes apt to identify the idea of an astronomer with that of a man who looks through a telescope at the stars; but the word astronomer has really much wider significance.
Great Astronomers 1876
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Christopher Go, another amateur astronomer from the Philippines, then independently photographed and videoed Friday’s incident.
Amateur Astronomers Capture Collision on Jupiter | Impact Lab 2010
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MikeGene: The crucial point is this: Just because an astronomer is an expert at using the telescope does NOT mean the astronomer is an expert when it comes to appropriate policies.
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The crucial point is this: Just because an astronomer is an expert at using the telescope does NOT mean the astronomer is an expert when it comes to appropriate policies.
gangerh commented on the word astronomer
moon starer
May 17, 2010
Specialc8691 commented on the word astronomer
i need the roots to it. Greek-Latin? Both
October 28, 2011
milosrdenstvi commented on the word astronomer
Here's a hint: the differences in meaning between λόγος and νόμος are excellently explained by exact parallel between the English words astrologer and astronomer. I'm assuming of course you know "aster" means "star".
October 28, 2011