stargazer

[ stahr-gey-zer ]

/ ˈstɑrˌgeɪ zər /

a person who stargazes, as an astronomer or astrologer.

a daydreamer.

an impractical idealist.

any of several marine fishes of the family Uranoscopidae, having the eyes at the top of the head.

Origin of stargazer

1550–60; star + gazer

In me was the blood of the star-gazer, my emotions 140recalling the rejected beliefs, the signs and wonders of the heavens.

Journeys to Bagdad |Charles S. Brooks
Jason appointed Tiphys to be helmsman, because he was a star-gazer, and knew the points of the compass.

A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales |Nathaniel Hawthorne
"It is a pity you are not a star-gazer," observed Kenyon, also looking up.

The Marble Faun, Volume II. |Nathaniel Hawthorne
Faith gave dignity to the tenets of the star-gazer and fire-worshiper.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VI, November 1850, Vol. I |Various

I've been a star-gazer all my life—from my habit of being58 "out late," I guess; and the things have always seemed to me alive.

The Letters of Ambrose Bierce |Ambrose Bierce