Argonaut : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Argonaut	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Argonaut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
argonaut n someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells Synonym(s): paper nautilus, nautilus, Argonaut, Argonauta argo
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Argonaut \Ar"go*naut\, n. One of those who went to California in search of gold shortly after it was discovered there in 1848. [U. S.] --Bret Harte. The [bd]Argonauts of '49[b8] were a strong, self-reliant, generous body of men. --D. S. Jordan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.