Moon starer? Perhaps (10)

I believe the answer is:

astronomer

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'moon starer? perhaps' is the definition.
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'moon starer? perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'moon'+'starer'='moonstarer'
'moonstarer' is an anagram of 'ASTRONOMER'.

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(Other definitions for astronomer that I've seen before include "Stargazer" , "Moon starer (anag.)" , "Sky-at-night observer" , "Dorado may be contemplated by me" , "scientist" .)

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