Etymology

stargazer

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Today it means: Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one). Full definition →

First used 16th c.
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The story

From star + gazer.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 16th c. Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one).
  • from 17th c. Any member of the family Uranoscopidae of bottom-dwelling fish.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.