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cosmonaut
(cosmo|naut)
Pronunciation:
/ˈkɒzmənɔːt/
noun
a Russian astronaut.
Origin:
1950s
: from
cosmos
1
, on the pattern of
astronaut
and Russian
kosmonavt
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