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astronauttes

astronauttes is the plural of astronautte.

Meaning of astronautte

Noun

astronautte (plural astronauttes)

  1. (dated, rare) A female astronaut.
    • In 1960 Jerrie Cobb was the first woman chosen (from a dozen tested) to qualify for NASA's new astronaut program. Newspapers called her an "astronautte," and "America's answer to the Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova."1993, Blanche Linden-Ward, American women in the 1960s: changing the future, page 153

Questions about astronauttes

What is astronauttes the plural of?
Astronauttes is the plural of astronautte.

Words near astronauttes in the dictionary

  1. astronautically
  2. astronautics
  3. astronautrix
  4. astronauts
  5. astronautte
  6. astronauttes
  7. astronav
  8. astronavigate
  9. astronavigated
  10. astronavigates
  11. astronavigating

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