argonaut
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- 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 shellsSynonyms: paper nautilusnautilusArgonauta argo
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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.(Zool.) 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.]