MEANING
A space traveler associated with the Russian or former Soviet space program.
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- cosmonaut training
- veteran cosmonaut
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The veteran cosmonaut recognized the sound immediately.
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- cosmonaut
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular cosmonaut; plural cosmonauts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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