Dictionary entry

Astronomer

Webster's Dictionary 1913

As‐tron″o‐mer (�), n. [See Astronomy.] 1. An astrologer. Shak.

2. One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena.

An undevout astronomer is mad.

Young.