"stargazer" meaning in English

See stargazer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈstɑɹˌɡeɪzɚ/ [General-American] Forms: stargazers [plural]
Etymology: From star + gazer. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|star|gazer}} star + gazer Head templates: {{en-noun}} stargazer (plural stargazers)
  1. (now colloquial) Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one). Tags: colloquial Translations (one who stargazes): мечтател (mečtatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), звездоброец (zvezdobroec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), astronom [masculine] (Czech), hvězdář [masculine] (Czech), Sterngucker [masculine] (German), Sternguckerin [feminine] (German), Himmelsgucker [masculine] (German), réadóir [masculine] (Irish), sognatore [masculine] (Italian), astronomo [masculine] (Italian), astrologo [masculine] (Italian), žvaigždininkas [masculine] (Lithuanian), žvaigždininkė [feminine] (Lithuanian), астроно́м (astronóm) (Russian), звездочёт (zvezdočót) (Russian), zvezdoznalac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zvezdoznanac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zvezdočatac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), miraestrellas [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), stjärnskådare (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-stargazer-en-noun-My8xL0Cz Disambiguation of 'one who stargazes': 65 35
  2. (zoology) A perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae. Categories (lifeform): Fish, Trachinoid fish Translations (a perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae): uranoscopo [masculine] (Italian), تپه گوز (tepe göz) (Ottoman Turkish), звездочёт (zvezdočót) (Russian), uranoscópido [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stargazer-en-noun-GZA12RxN Disambiguation of Trachinoid fish: 2 98 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 84 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'a perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Atlantic stargazer (taxonomic: Uranoscopus scaber), electric stargazer

Inflected forms

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zvezdočatac"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who stargazes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miraestrellas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who stargazes",
      "word": "stjärnskådare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uranoscopo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tepe göz",
      "sense": "a perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae",
      "word": "تپه گوز"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvezdočót",
      "sense": "a perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae",
      "word": "звездочёт"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uranoscópido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stargazer"
}

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