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moonnaut en · NOUN

Etymology

From moon + -naut.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, rare) Someone trained to live and work on a moon; an explorer of a moon
   • Has anybody remarked that Moonnaut Armstrong wasn't really the first? 1969, Harvard Bulletin: Volume 72, Digitized edition, Harvard Bulletin, published 2009, page 9:
   • The National Air Space Museum in Washington acquired Raquel Forner's "The Return of the Moonnaut", chosen because of the artist's originality in vizualizing man's conquests in the outer space. 1975, Galería Wildenstein, Art in the Argentine, Digitized edition, published 2008:
   • Thats about as good as Your Moon Colony of 1000 Moonnauts in 8 Years!! 2012 March 3, comment, “Gingrich: Interior Sec Salazar Should Be Replaced Along with Energy Sec Chu”, in Free Republic, retrieved 2012-08-12:
   • An outstanding lineup of big-name speakers from the profession (and maybe a "Moonnaut"). 1969, The Quill, Volume 57, Society of Professional Journalists, page 38:

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Relateds

lunanaut · lunarnaut