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Argonaut
[ ahr-guh-nawt, -not ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
- (sometimes lowercase) a person in quest of something dangerous but rewarding; adventurer.
- a person who moved to California during the gold rush of 1849.
- (lowercase) paper nautilus.
Argonaut
/ ˈɑːɡəˌnɔːt /
noun
- Greek myth one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece
- a person who took part in the Californian gold rush of 1849
- See paper nautilusanother name for the paper nautilus
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Derived Forms
- ˌArgoˈnautic, adjective
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Other Words From
- Argo·nautic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Argonaut1
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Example Sentences
The first vessel adapted to these purposes was the “Argonaut,” built by Simon Lake in 1894.
We have not spoken of the Chancellor as an argonaut, of the Chancellor as a colonizer.
I again had the pleasure of feeling that in this, as in other enterprises, I was an argonaut and a pioneer.
The argonaut, or paper-nautilus, must be carefully distinguished from the pearly-nautilus or nautilus proper (Nautilus Pompilius).
He engaged a room on the fourth floor of the Argonaut, from which he was able to observe the coming and going of the enemy.
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