astronomer

From Middle English astronomer, equivalent to astronomy +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɒn.ə.mə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɑ.nə.mɚ/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɔn.ə.mə/

astronomer (plural astronomers)

2. (astronomy) One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.
   • 2020 January 7, Ashley Strickland, “First US observatory named in honor of a female astronomer, Vera Rubin”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting that the first national US observatory named for a female astronomer is in her honor.

   • 2024 August 21, Ashley Strickland, “An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry them out of the galaxy like “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last two decades.

• astro-boffin (UK, informal)
• astronomist (rare)

• (female): astronomeress, astronomess

• Astronomer Royal

• cosmologist

• Monterrosa, ramosetron

astronomer m

1. indefinite plural of astronom

astronomer

1. indefinite plural of astronom

• motorernas