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astronomers

astronomers is the plural of astronomer.

Meaning of astronomer

Noun

astronomer (plural astronomers)

  1. One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.
    • At the observatory on Mauna Kea on Hawaii, a young astronomer, Heidi Hammel, focuses a huge telescope on the remote planet.1990 August, Rick Gore, “Neptune: Voyager's Last Picture Show”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 35

Phrases with astronomers

Questions about astronomers

What is astronomers the plural of?
Astronomers is the plural of astronomer.

Words near astronomers in the dictionary

  1. Astronomer Royal
  2. astronomer-priest
  3. astronomer-priests
  4. astronomeress
  5. astronomeresses
  6. astronomers
  7. astronomess
  8. astronomesses
  9. astronometrical
  10. astronomian
  11. astronomians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: astronomers (page history and authors); astronomer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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