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Definition of Cosmonaut
1. Noun. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft. "The Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts"
Exact synonyms: Astronaut, Spaceman
Generic synonyms: Traveler, Traveller
Specialized synonyms: Spacewalker
Specialized synonyms: Armstrong, Neil Armstrong, Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Yuri Gagarin, Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn Jr., Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., Alan Shepard, Shepard, Tereshkova, Valentina Tereshkova, Valentina Vladmirovna Tereshkova
Derivative terms: Astronautic, Astronautical
Generic synonyms: Traveler, Traveller
Specialized synonyms: Spacewalker
Specialized synonyms: Armstrong, Neil Armstrong, Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Yuri Gagarin, Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn Jr., Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., Alan Shepard, Shepard, Tereshkova, Valentina Tereshkova, Valentina Vladmirovna Tereshkova
Derivative terms: Astronautic, Astronautical
Definition of Cosmonaut
1. Noun. An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cosmonaut
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cosmonaut
Literary usage of Cosmonaut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cats in a Chowder by Fred J. Schneider (2006)
"On the team benches, players laced old cleats and worked a year's stiffness from
their gloves and hamstrings. Cosmonaut followed it anxiously, ..."
2. Nasa Spinoff, 1996by James J. Haggerty by James J. Haggerty (1997)
"Prior flights included: • STS-60, Orbiter Discovery, launched February 11, 1994,
in which cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev served on the Shuttle crew as a mission ..."