HyperDic: cosmonaut

English > 1 sense of the word cosmonaut:
NOUNperson cosmonaut, astronaut, spacemana person trained to travel in a spacecraft
cosmonaut > pronunciation
Soundskao'zmahnao.t
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English > cosmonaut: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
Example"the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts"
Synonymsastronaut, spaceman
InstancesArmstrong, Neil ArmstrongUnited States astronaut
Gagarin, Yuri Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich GagarinSoviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn Jr.made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962
Shepard, Alan Shepard, Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)
Tereshkova, Valentina Tereshkova, Valentina Vladmirovna TereshkovaSoviet cosmonaut who was the first woman in space (born in 1937)
NarrowerspacewalkerAn astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space
Broadertraveler, travellerA person who changes location
Spanishastronauta, cosmonauta
Catalanastronauta, cosmonauta

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