Found 2 items, similar to argonaut.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: argonaut argonaut n 1: someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure 2: (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece 3: cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells [syn: paper nautilus, nautilus, Argonauta argo ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Argonaut Argonaut \Ar"go*naut\, n. [L. Argonauta, Gr. ?; ? + ? sailor, ? ship. See Argo.] 1. Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta. [1913 Webster] 2. One of those who went to California in search of gold shortly after it was discovered there in 1848. [U. S.] --Bret Harte. [1913 Webster] The “Argonauts of '49” were a strong, self-reliant, generous body of men. --D. S. Jordan. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||