astrogator
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˈæstrəˌɡeɪtər/
- Specialized
- Astrogator's Logs
- astrogator and pilot
Examples
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Professor, Dad always said I had his astrogator genes, and I was already getting into tensor physics, so I have the head for starflight.
Fiction book (1992) -
Astrogator to crew.
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Our Clan Chief was a Maximum Level Astrogator.
Fiction book (1999) -
"You better bring an astrogator aboard." "Nope."
Fiction book (2001) -
Quite an astrogator.
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"Got it!" shouted the astrogator, and the pilot sent the coordinates out to every other Architallean vessel at once, then went subspace only seconds before the missiles were to detonate.
Fiction book (2001) -
The experienced astrogator meticulously plotted the spacecraft's course through the stars.
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After years of training, she finally became an expert astrogator on the deep-space missions.
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During the space voyage, the astrogator skillfully navigated past dangerous asteroid fields.
Synonyms
335
3.3
A person who is trained to travel and work in a vehicle that goes into space
How Specialized
- Specialized
1
9.9
37
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
astrogator = navigator (semi-transparent) = astro + gator
The space-navigation meaning is suggestive through 'astro-' plus the recognizable agentive idea of 'navigator', but the form is clipped and blended, so the relationship is not fully regular.
Etymology
Astrogator comes from the prefix astro- meaning 'star', the same part you see in astronomy, combined with the idea of a navigator, a person who guides a ship. So an astrogator is a navigator who guides a spacecraft among the stars.