cosmonaut

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cosmonaut
    n 1: a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; "the Russians
         called their astronauts cosmonauts" [syn: {astronaut},
         {spaceman}, {cosmonaut}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cosmonaut \cosmonaut\ n. [Russ. kosmonavt from kosmos universe.]
   an {astronaut}; -- a term used by the Soviets and Russians.

   Syn: astronaut, spaceman.
        [PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

astronaut \as"tro*naut\ adj.
   a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; one who travels
   in a spacecraft; -- called in the Soviet Union and Russia
   {cosmonaut}.

   Syn: spaceman, cosmonaut
        [WordNet 1.5]

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