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cosmonaut

noun

  1. Russian (Soviet) term for person who commands, pilots, or serves as a crew member of a spacecraft
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒz.məˌnɔːt/ / /ˈkɑz.məˌnɔt/ / /ˈkɑz.məˌnɑt/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Russian космона́вт (kosmonávt), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -naut.

  1. An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one.

    “Khrushchev’s answer came 60 years ago, on April 12, 1961, when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin circled the Earth aboard a spacecraft called Vostok 1.”

    “Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, returned to Earth on Saturday night from the International Space Station. Pettit, who turned 70 on Sunday, landed at 9:20 p.m. ET in a Soyuz spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, after a seven-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory.”