astronaut definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a person ... in a spacecraft; "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts" [syn: astronaut, spaceman, cosmonaut] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: astr- + -naut (as ... Etymology: ASTRO-, after aeronaut Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (astronauts) An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a ...
... in a spacecraft; "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts" [syn: astronaut, spaceman, cosmonaut] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Russian kosmonavt, from ... kosmos + Russian -navt (as in aeronavt aeronaut) Date: 1959 an astronaut of the Soviet or Russian space program Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a Soviet astronaut. Etymology: Russ. kosmonavt, as COSMOS(1), after astronaut Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (cosmonauts) A cosmonaut is an astronaut from the former Soviet Union. N-COUNT
... in a spacecraft; "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts" [syn: astronaut, spaceman, cosmonaut] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1938 1. one ... Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (spacemen) A spaceman is a male astronaut; used mainly by children. = astronaut N-COUNT
... a period of activity spent outside a spacecraft by an astronaut in space • spacewalk intransitive verb • spacewalker noun Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (space walks) When an astronaut goes on a space walk, he or she leaves the ...
... the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-) [syn: Glenn ... Jr.] Merriam Webster's biographical name John Herschel 1921- American astronaut & politician
... allegorical plays (born in 1943) [syn: Shepard, Sam Shepard] 2: astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight ... Webster's I. biographical name Alan Bartlett 1923-1998 American astronaut II. biographical name Samuel 1943- originally Samuel Shepard Rogers American ...
... outer space. space traveller a traveller in outer space; an astronaut. space vehicle = SPACECRAFT. space walk any physical activity by an astronaut in space outside a spacecraft. Derivatives: spacer n. spacing n ...
... flexible cordlike structure attaching a foetus to the placenta. 2 Astronaut. a supply cable linking a missile to its launcher, or an astronaut in space to a spacecraft. Etymology: obs. F umbilical or ...
... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: United States astronaut; the first man to set foot on the Moon (July ... American jazz musician II. biographical name Neil Alden 1930- American astronaut III. biographical name William George 1810-1900 Baron Armstrong of ...
... has to give up to go. Moby Thesaurus adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, camper, climber, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruiser, excursionist, explorer ...
... Seabee, actuate, advance guard, adventurer, airhead, alpinist, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, astronaut, avant-garde, battle line, be in front, be the front ...