Gagarin

/gəˈgɑrən/
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Other forms: Gagarins

Definitions of Gagarin
  1. noun
    Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
    synonyms: Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Yuri Gagarin
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    example of:
    astronaut, cosmonaut, spaceman
    a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
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