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3 definitions found 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 ``Argonauts of '49'' 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["o]l.) A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: argonaut n 1: someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure 2: (classical mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece [syn: {Argonaut}]
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