Astronautte
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Astronautte is a noun meaning (rare, dated) A female astronaut.
Meaning
(rare, dated) A female astronaut.
Example Sentences
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."
Administrators also argued that hundreds of women would have to be more rigorously tested to determine if women were capable of sustaining sustaining spaceflight. In response, the press rallied in support of the FLATS, dubbing them astronauttes, astronettes, and astronautrixes.
Word Forms
- astronauttes
- astronette
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include astronautess, astronautrix, astronette, astronaut, spationaut, spacenik.
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