astronomern.

Brit.

/əˈstrɒnəmə/, U.S.

/əˈstrɑnəmər/

Forms:

α. Middle English– astronomer.

β. Middle English–1500s astronomier, Middle English–1500s astronomyer.

γ. Middle English astronomoure, Middle English astronomyor, Middle English astronomyour; also Scottish pre-1700 astronomour, pre-1700 austronomour.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: astronomy n., -er suffix¹; astronomien n., -er suffix¹; Latin astronomus , -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably partly (i) < astronom- (in astronomy n.) + -er suffix¹, partly (ii) (in β. forms) an alteration (with suffix substitution: see -er suffix¹) of astronomien n., and partly (iii) < post-classical Latin astronomus (4th or 5th cent. in Jerome; < ancient Greek ἀστρονόμος < ἀστρο- astro- comb. form + -νόμος , combining form < the stem of νέμειν to manage: see nomos n.) + -er suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French astronome (1549; < Latin). Compare earlier astronomien n., and also astrologer n., philosopher n.With the β. forms compare -ier suffix. With the γ. forms compare -our suffix.

a. Originally: †a person who studies the science or art of astronomy (as it was understood in medieval times) (obsolete). In later use: an expert or specialist in the modern science of astronomy. Cf. astronomy n. 1.book, radio, X-ray astronomer, etc.: see the first element.

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the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > [noun] > person

astronomienc1330

astronomera1382

astrologianc1400

spherist1604

astronomist1663

observator1664

uranologer1686

skygazer1860

a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vi. l. 5 Astronomers [L. astronomis], astrologers, physissiens.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 29 (MED) In þat contree [sc. Egypt] ben the gode astronomyeres, for þei fynde þere no cloudes to letten hem.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 2997 (MED) To hym he callid his astronomeris, His philisophres and his dyuynours, That knew the meuyng off the nyne speeris.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 419 (MED) Lijk as an astronomyer makiþ an instrument which is called a speer, counterfetyng al þe greet world.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 644/2 I nombre, as an astronomer doth his thing by aulgorisme.

1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 94 Chesse, the Astronomers game, and the Philosophers game.

1646 A. Ross New Planet no Planet 66 Astronomers have so many digladiations and oppositions, which were tedious but to name. From their conjectures and uncertainties have proceeded such a number of conjuring words: as, Trepidations, Retrogradations, Excentricities,..and I cannot tell what.

1695 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (ed. 3) §180. 316 Astronomers no longer doubt of the Motion of the Planets about the Sun.

1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §84. 195 Astronomers, (who..make it a Postulate, that any Star may be moved with any motion).

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xli. 492 The ancients had noticed some of the most conspicuous nebulae, but Huygens first directed the attention of modern astronomers to the large one situated in the constellation Orion.

1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld I. i. 28 Protecting the astrologer, when enlightened theologians might have hanged the astronomer.

1948 Life June 65/1 It [sc. Mars] appears as only astronomers with powerful telescopes have ever seen it—an orange globe mottled with green.

1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 24 Mar. 5 An asteroid discovered by astronomers at the University of Toronto's David Dunlap Observatory.

2007 T. Friend Third Domain vii. 207 The impact vaporized comet matter that allowed astronomers a crisp analysis of its composition.

b. Astronomer Royal: (the official title of) a senior astronomer who is a member of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom.The Astronomer Royal was formerly (until 1971) also the director of the Royal Observatory Greenwich; the position is now largely honorary.

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1714 J. Clarke Ess. Method measuring Equal Time 4 Mr. John Flamstead Astronomer Royal.

1838 Penny Cycl. X. 297 Flamsteed was appointed astronomer royal, or, as the warrant ran ‘astronomical observator’, and carried on his observations at the queen's house in Greenwich Park.

1969 ‘M. Innes’ Family Affair vii. 75 But he was even more impressed—or depressed—by the Astronomer Royal's having so firmly characterized him as a mere spectator ab extra in the murky firmament of crime.

2008 New Scientist 9 Feb. 22/2 One of the biggest sell-out lectures at last year's Hay-on-Wye festival in Wales starred the UK's astronomer royal, Martin Rees.

†2. A person who is expert in or who practises astrology as a means of predicting human affairs; an astrologer. Obsolete.

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the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > [noun] > person

astrologera1382

castera1382

astronomera1387

planetist1509

horoscoper1561

figure-caster1584

figure-flinger1587

philomath1611

judiciary1618

planetary1625

astromancer1652

astromantic1652

configurator1652

horoscopist1652

planetarian1652

Babylonian1677

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 209 (MED) An astronomer [L. astronomo]..seide þat Iulius schulde deie in þe kalendas.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6 He hadde with hym astronomyeris [a1382 deuynours] and enchaunteris [L. magos et incantatores]..that disseyuen mennus wittis.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xlii. 23 b Robert of Cicyle..a great astronomyer..had often tymes sought his bokes on the state of the kynges of England and of france: & he founde by his astrology [etc.].

1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre v, in Posies sig. Hi^v These Astronomers thinke, where Mars doth raigne, That all debate [printed bebate] and discorde must be rife.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. i. 89 When he performes, Astronomers foretell it.

1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) v. sig. K2 Thou ignorant Astronomer, Whose wandring speculation seekes among The planets for mens fortunes.

a1635 R. Corbett Times' Whistle (1871) 146 Astronomers that can foretell eventes By the celestiall creatures influence..Can pre-divine of famines, plagues, & warres; And of their contraries pre-indicate.

Compounds

astronomer's ring n. see ring n.¹ 3e.

astronomer's staff n. now historical an instrument used for taking the altitude of the sun or a star; = Jacob's staff n. 2a; cf. radius n. 2.

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the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > rising and setting > [noun]

astronomer's staff1551

almucantar staff1696

almucantar1880

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. ii. Pref. sig. a.iij The arte of measuryng by the astronomers staffe, and by the astronomers ryng.

1889 London Q. Rev. Apr. 46 Sir William Pickering..stayed some time with his young countryman, by whom he was instructed in logic,..the use of the astronomer's staff and ring,..and the globes.

1993 P. Ackroyd House of Dr. Dee (1994) i. 35 A poor studious gentleman..who had for many years past been buried deep in his rare studies and who..would teach me the use of the astrolabe and the astronomer's staff.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	astronomer
释义	astronomern. Brit. /əˈstrɒnəmə/, U.S. /əˈstrɑnəmər/ Forms: α. Middle English– astronomer. β. Middle English–1500s astronomier, Middle English–1500s astronomyer. γ. Middle English astronomoure, Middle English astronomyor, Middle English astronomyour; also Scottish pre-1700 astronomour, pre-1700 austronomour. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: astronomy n., -er suffix¹; astronomien n., -er suffix¹; Latin astronomus , -er suffix¹. Etymology: Probably partly (i) < astronom- (in astronomy n.) + -er suffix¹, partly (ii) (in β. forms) an alteration (with suffix substitution: see -er suffix¹) of astronomien n., and partly (iii) < post-classical Latin astronomus (4th or 5th cent. in Jerome; < ancient Greek ἀστρονόμος < ἀστρο- astro- comb. form + -νόμος , combining form < the stem of νέμειν to manage: see nomos n.) + -er suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French astronome (1549; < Latin). Compare earlier astronomien n., and also astrologer n., philosopher n.With the β. forms compare -ier suffix. With the γ. forms compare -our suffix. 1. a. Originally: †a person who studies the science or art of astronomy (as it was understood in medieval times) (obsolete). In later use: an expert or specialist in the modern science of astronomy. Cf. astronomy n. 1.book, radio, X-ray astronomer, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > [noun] > person astronomienc1330 astronomera1382 astrologianc1400 spherist1604 astronomist1663 observator1664 uranologer1686 skygazer1860 a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vi. l. 5 Astronomers [L. astronomis], astrologers, physissiens. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 29 (MED) In þat contree [sc. Egypt] ben the gode astronomyeres, for þei fynde þere no cloudes to letten hem. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 2997 (MED) To hym he callid his astronomeris, His philisophres and his dyuynours, That knew the meuyng off the nyne speeris. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 419 (MED) Lijk as an astronomyer makiþ an instrument which is called a speer, counterfetyng al þe greet world. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 644/2 I nombre, as an astronomer doth his thing by aulgorisme. 1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 94 Chesse, the Astronomers game, and the Philosophers game. 1646 A. Ross New Planet no Planet 66 Astronomers have so many digladiations and oppositions, which were tedious but to name. From their conjectures and uncertainties have proceeded such a number of conjuring words: as, Trepidations, Retrogradations, Excentricities,..and I cannot tell what. 1695 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (ed. 3) §180. 316 Astronomers no longer doubt of the Motion of the Planets about the Sun. 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §84. 195 Astronomers, (who..make it a Postulate, that any Star may be moved with any motion). 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xli. 492 The ancients had noticed some of the most conspicuous nebulae, but Huygens first directed the attention of modern astronomers to the large one situated in the constellation Orion. 1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld I. i. 28 Protecting the astrologer, when enlightened theologians might have hanged the astronomer. 1948 Life June 65/1 It [sc. Mars] appears as only astronomers with powerful telescopes have ever seen it—an orange globe mottled with green. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 24 Mar. 5 An asteroid discovered by astronomers at the University of Toronto's David Dunlap Observatory. 2007 T. Friend Third Domain vii. 207 The impact vaporized comet matter that allowed astronomers a crisp analysis of its composition. b. Astronomer Royal: (the official title of) a senior astronomer who is a member of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom.The Astronomer Royal was formerly (until 1971) also the director of the Royal Observatory Greenwich; the position is now largely honorary. ΚΠ 1714 J. Clarke Ess. Method measuring Equal Time 4 Mr. John Flamstead Astronomer Royal. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 297 Flamsteed was appointed astronomer royal, or, as the warrant ran ‘astronomical observator’, and carried on his observations at the queen's house in Greenwich Park. 1969 ‘M. Innes’ Family Affair vii. 75 But he was even more impressed—or depressed—by the Astronomer Royal's having so firmly characterized him as a mere spectator ab extra in the murky firmament of crime. 2008 New Scientist 9 Feb. 22/2 One of the biggest sell-out lectures at last year's Hay-on-Wye festival in Wales starred the UK's astronomer royal, Martin Rees. †2. A person who is expert in or who practises astrology as a means of predicting human affairs; an astrologer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > [noun] > person astrologera1382 castera1382 astronomera1387 planetist1509 horoscoper1561 figure-caster1584 figure-flinger1587 philomath1611 judiciary1618 planetary1625 astromancer1652 astromantic1652 configurator1652 horoscopist1652 planetarian1652 Babylonian1677 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 209 (MED) An astronomer [L. astronomo]..seide þat Iulius schulde deie in þe kalendas. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6 He hadde with hym astronomyeris [a1382 deuynours] and enchaunteris [L. magos et incantatores]..that disseyuen mennus wittis. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xlii. 23 b Robert of Cicyle..a great astronomyer..had often tymes sought his bokes on the state of the kynges of England and of france: & he founde by his astrology [etc.]. 1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre v, in Posies sig. Hi^v These Astronomers thinke, where Mars doth raigne, That all debate [printed bebate] and discorde must be rife. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. i. 89 When he performes, Astronomers foretell it. View more context for this quotation 1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) v. sig. K2 Thou ignorant Astronomer, Whose wandring speculation seekes among The planets for mens fortunes. a1635 R. Corbett Times' Whistle (1871) 146 Astronomers that can foretell eventes By the celestiall creatures influence..Can pre-divine of famines, plagues, & warres; And of their contraries pre-indicate. Compounds astronomer's ring n. see ring n.¹ 3e. astronomer's staff n. now historical an instrument used for taking the altitude of the sun or a star; = Jacob's staff n. 2a; cf. radius n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > astronomical instruments > rising and setting > [noun] astronomer's staff1551 almucantar staff1696 almucantar1880 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. ii. Pref. sig. a.iij The arte of measuryng by the astronomers staffe, and by the astronomers ryng. 1889 London Q. Rev. Apr. 46 Sir William Pickering..stayed some time with his young countryman, by whom he was instructed in logic,..the use of the astronomer's staff and ring,..and the globes. 1993 P. Ackroyd House of Dr. Dee (1994) i. 35 A poor studious gentleman..who had for many years past been buried deep in his rare studies and who..would teach me the use of the astrolabe and the astronomer's staff. 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