Hypertext Webster Gateway: "astronomer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Astronomer \As*tron"o*mer\, n. [See {Astronomy}.]
1. An astrologer. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of
the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which
their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena.
An undevout astronomer is mad. --Young.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
astronomer
n : a physicist who studies astronomy [syn: {uranologist}, {stargazer}]
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