Associations to the word «Astronomer»

Wiktionary

ASTRONOMER, noun. One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics
ASTRONOMER ROYAL, proper noun. (British) An honorary title given to a leading astronomer; once the director of the Greenwich observatory.

Dictionary definition

ASTRONOMER, noun. A physicist who studies astronomy.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats