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[ uh-stron-uh-mer ] / əˈstrɒn ə mər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR astronomer ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan expert in astronomy; a scientific observer of the celestial bodies. Origin of astronomerMiddle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at astronomy, -er1 Words nearby astronomerastron., astronaut, astronautical, astronautics, astronavigation, astronomer, Astronomer Royal, astronomical, astronomical clock, astronomical distance, astronomical frame of reference Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for astronomer“A lot of the critical details in the plot were a mishmash of ideas that made no sense,” astronomer Phil Plait wrote at Slate. Meet Kip Thorne, the Man Who Crafted the Artful Science of ‘Interstellar’|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST The new Research Institute set features an all-female cast: a paleontologist, astronomer, and chemist. Why It Took LEGO So Long to Get the Memo: Girls Like Science, Too|Samantha Allen|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington observed a strong solar flare that was directed at the Earth. About That ‘World-Ending’ Solar Storm...|Nicole Gugliucci|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Calvin astronomer Howard Van Till was for years the leading evangelical champion of the Big Bang Theory. The Christian Reformed Church Still Won’t Stand Up For Science|Karl W. Giberson|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Sabbath-school teacher, and not the astronomer, is the proper person to correct such errors. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith|Robert Patterson Without hesitation they appointed him astronomer and surveyor of the North-West Company. The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company|George Bryce With more certainty than the illustrious Roman astronomer, Barbicane was enabled to recognize their nature. From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It|Jules Verne The fact is that Christianity was in existence for fifteen hundred years before there was an astronomer in Christendom. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll We put up in an excellent hotel kept by M. Arago, the brother of the great French astronomer. Tracks of a Rolling Stone|Henry J. Coke
British Dictionary definitions for astronomer
nouna scientist who studies astronomy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to astronomerastrophysicist, cosmologist, astrophotographer |