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aquanaut

 [ak-wuh-nawt, -not, ah-kwuh-]   Origin

aq·ua·naut

   [ak-wuh-nawt, -not, ah-kwuh-]
noun
1.
an undersea explorer, especially one who skin-dives from or lives for an extended period of time in a submerged dwelling.
2.
a skin-diver.
Origin:
1880–85; aqua- + -naut, on the model of aeronaut, astronaut, etc.
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aquanaut (ˈækwənɔːt)
 
—n
1.  a person who lives and works underwater
2.  a person who swims or dives underwater
 
[C20: from aqua + -naut, as in astronaut]

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aquanaut
1881, from aqua- + ending from Gk. nautes "sailor" (see naval)
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