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/ˈɑrgənˌɔt/ Listen

noun

Argonaut n.

Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

(Zool.) A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.

One of those who went to California in search of gold shortly after it was discovered there in 1848. (U. S.) "The "Argonauts of '49" were a strong, self-reliant, generous body of men."

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Etymology of 'Argonaut'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Argonaut" Quotes from Famous Books

... in the second great epoch, the Silurian, that the cuttle-fish tribe, still fairly represented by the nautilus, the argonaut, the squid, and the octopus, first began to make their appearance upon this or any other stage. The cuttle-fishes are among the most developed of invertebrate animals; they are rapid swimmers; they have large and powerful eyes; and they can easily enfold their prey (teste ...

— Falling in Love - With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science • Grant Allen

... you see them all: pathfinder, argonaut, teamster, stage-driver, pony-express rider, and capitalist, salving their consciences and soothing away the trepidations of their women-folk with the good old American excuse that they were going ...

— When the West Was Young • Frederick R. Bechdolt

... is love as well as hunger in the open sea. The maternal care exhibited by the whale reaches a very high level, and the delicate shell of the female Paper Nautilus or Argonaut, in which the eggs and the young ones are sheltered, may well be described as "the most beautiful ...

— The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) - A Plain Story Simply Told • J. Arthur Thomson

... victory of Arkesilas, King of the Hellenic colony of Kyrene in Africa, an occasion for telling the story of Jason's expedition with the Argonauts. The ostensible reason for introducing the story is that Kyrene had been colonised from the island of Thera by the descendants of the Argonaut Euphemos, according to the prophecy of Medea related at the beginning of the ode. But Pindar had another reason. He wished to suggest an analogy between the relation of the Iolkian king Pelias to Jason and the relation of Arkesilas to his exiled kinsman Demophilos. Demophilos ...

— The Extant Odes of Pindar • Pindar