- Astronomian
- Astronomian As`tro*no"mi*an, n. [OE. & OF. astronomien. See {Astronomy}.] An astrologer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
astronomer — late 14c., from ASTRONOMY (Cf. astronomy) (q.v.), replacing French import astronomyen (c.1300), which, had it survived, probably would have yielded *astronomian. Still in Shakespeare used in places where we would write astrologer … Etymology dictionary