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English Dictionary: astronomer by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
astronomer
n
  1. a physicist who studies astronomy [syn: astronomer, uranologist, stargazer]
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.
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