Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who uses a virtual reality system.
- noun A person who uses the Internet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
voyager incyberspace ; a user of theInternet orvirtual reality .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a computer user who uses the internet; someone who explores cyberspace
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It is easier to for a writer to shoot an astronaut through space to Mars and fight a Mars-giant with his ray-gun than it is to land a cybernaut in cyberspace and fight a cyber-giant with his L33t hacker Skillz.
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I believe that this is the first bill that ever made that journey, and that will make me whatever it was Ernestine said, a cybernaut, or whatever she said.
President Remarks At Telecommunications Bill Signing ITY National Archives 1996
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He squatted down and peered at the burbling cybernaut.
Mostly Harmless Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1992
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As an avid cybernaut and proud card-carrying member of the social media revolution, I am often puzzled by the level of vitriol directed against the blogosphere,
TechnoLlama 2009
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