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| Astrogator | ||
| A person who acts as navigator for s space ship. |
This appears to be the first instance of this word.
| Surely a complete faith in the laws of mathematics and astronomy must be the first requisite of the interplanetary astrogator. |
| From The Conquest of Space,
by David Lasser. Published by Not Known in 1931 Additional resources -
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