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Noun: astronomer  u'stró-nu-mu(r)
  1. A scientist who studies celestial bodies, their origins, motions, composition and evolution
    "The astronomer spent nights observing distant galaxies through the telescope";
    - uranologist, stargazer [informal]

Derived forms: astronomers

Type of: physicist

Encyclopedia: Astronomer