starwatcher

English

Etymology

From star +‎ watcher.

Noun

starwatcher (plural starwatchers)

1. One who watches stars; stargazer.
   • 1991, Susan Lynn Reynolds, Strandia, page 174:

     When the starwatcher finally awoke, they gave him breakfast and chav, and Sand hovered nearby as he ate.

   • 2005, Hollis Dorion Stabler, Victoria Smith, No One Ever Asked Me, page x:

     Being a starwatcher myself, and coming from a long line of Indian soldiers, I should have known our friendship was destined.

   • 2020, Gene Brown, Seven Candlesticks to Kingdom Come:

     It was not an extremely bright star, perhaps only of the fourth or fifth magnitude, but it was very noticeable to a starwatcher like Nathan. To see the birth of a new star, Nathan surely knew, was a rare privilege.

   • 2021, Aria Noble, Lady of Dawn:

     Ember wasn't naturally much of a starwatcher.