astrogator n.
one who practices astrogation; (also) an instrument used for this purpose
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1931
David Lasser
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Surely a complete faith in the laws of mathematics and astronomy must be the first requisite of the interplanetary astrogator.
The Conquest of Space 211
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1935
‘Not with a woman aboard,’ grunted the astrogator.
in Astounding Stories Oct. 126/2
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1935
Harbord was a good astrogator.
in Astounding Stories Oct. 108/1
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1942
Theodore Sturgeon
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Your job is to tend the control machinery, and to act as assistant astrogator no matter what happens.
in Medusa Astounding Science Fiction Feb. 80/2
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1953
Robert A. Heinlein
So you want to be an astrogator?
Starman Jones (1975) ii. 30
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1953
Robert A. Heinlein
I'll astrogate—shucks, I suppose it’s all right to call me the astrogator, under the circumstances.
Starman Jones (1980) xx. 186
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1960
Groff Conklin
Blast the astragator! All it gives is courses that swing around the whole rim of the System.
Six Great Short Science Fiction Novels 318 -
1988
Arthur C. Clarke
The astrogator was carrying a set of charts, and seemed a little ill at ease.
2061: Odyssey Three 144
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1993
Diane Carey
In minutes there were only a few amber lights left on the panels…and the milky glow of Chekov’s navigation astrogator.
Great Starship Race xix. 260
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1994
Barbara Hambly
My astrogator and supercargo. We're free traders.
Crossroad ii.17
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1995
Don’t try to hack the control systems—you could screw up life support. Besides, you’re not an astrogator.
Kaleidoscope Cent. (1996) 250
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1998
Greg Cox
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Next to him, on the other side of the astrogator, Ensign Sheryl Gates filled in for Chekov at the navigation console.
Assignment: Eternity viii. 124
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2005
Charles Stross
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His gaze skitters around the room, looking anywhere but at Amber—and Pierre, her lanky toy-boy astrogator and bed warmer—as he laces his fingers.
Accelerando 283
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2012
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John Scalzi
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‘I have no idea where I’m going,’ Kerensky said. ‘You’re an astrogator,’ Duval said. ‘This is a road.’
Redshirts (2013) 175
Research requirements
antedating 1931
Earliest cite
David Lasser, "the Conquest of Space"
Research History
Bill Seabrook located and Mike Christie confirmed a Feb 1942 cite from Theodore Sturgeon's "Medusa".Rick Hauptmann submitted a cite from a reprint of Robert Heinlein's "Universe"; Mike Christie verified it in the original 1941 magazine appearance.
Rick Hauptmann submitted a 1935 cite from Stanley Weinbaum's "The Planet of Doubt".
Adam Buchbinder submitted a 1931 cite from David Lasser's "the Conquest of Space"
Earliest cite in the OED: Nov 1942
Earliest cite in Brave New Words: 1935
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