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語源

From 中期英語 astronomer, equivalent to astronomy +‎ -er. Displaced native 古期英語 tungolcræftiga.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈstɹɒn.ə.mə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /əˈstɹɑ.nə.mɚ/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /əˈstɹɔn.ə.mə/

名詞

astronomer (plural astronomers)

1. (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:

     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:

     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.

同意語

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

下位語

• (female): astronomeress, astronomess

派生語

関連する語

• Astronomer Royal

参考

• cosmologist

アナグラム

• Monterrosa, ramosetron