stargazer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈstɑɹˌɡeɪzɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From star + gazer.
Meanings
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(colloquial) Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one).
[…] the four satellites of Jupiter, which, it is thought, were probably visible to certain of the more sharp-sighted stargazers of ancient Babylonia.
1906, Theophilus G. Pinches, The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria:Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the starre-gazers, the monethly prognosticators stand vp, and saue thee from these things that shall come vpon thee.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 47:13:
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Any member of the family Uranoscopidae of bottom-dwelling fish.
A stargazer is a frightening fish by any sretch of the imagination, but not until the day I first saw one in its own world did I understand its true nature.
2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 187:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stargazers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Atlantic stargazer · electric stargazer
Translations (24)
it uranoscopo (a perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae) · ota تپه گوز (a perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae) · cs hvězdář (one who stargazes) · it sognatore (one who stargazes) · es miraestrellas (one who stargazes) · de Sternguckerin (one who stargazes) · bg мечтател (one who stargazes) · it astrologo (one who stargazes) · bg звездоброец (one who stargazes) · de Sterngucker (one who stargazes) · sh zvezdočatac (one who stargazes) · ru астроно́м (one who stargazes) · ru звездочёт (one who stargazes) · ru звездочёт (a perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae) · es uranoscópido (a perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae) · lt žvaigždininkas (one who stargazes) · sh zvezdoznalac (one who stargazes) · sh zvezdoznanac (one who stargazes) · de Himmelsgucker (one who stargazes) · ga réadóir (one who stargazes) · it astronomo (one who stargazes) · lt žvaigždininkė (one who stargazes) · sv stjärnskådare (one who stargazes) · cs astronom (one who stargazes)