Cosmonaut

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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