Argonaut
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- noun
- /ˈɑrɡəˌnɔt/
- Literature
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argonauta
- In Greek mythology, the Argonauts were heroes who sailed with Jason on the ship Argo.
- Argonauts set sail
- Argonauts in search
- ship of the Argonauts
Examples
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I came to ask you to give up your quest and sail away with the Argonauts in peace.
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I give you Jason and the Argonauts.
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- It's Jason and the Argonauts.
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You tell him I will fulfill the task the gods have sent me and never betray the Argonauts, whatever he offers me.
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It says here Heracles himself fought with the Argonauts.
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Jason and the Argonauts!
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The Argonauts' odyssey ended long ago, but this cosmological golden quest has only just begun.
Academic text (2003) -
Few, if any, modern astronomers lead the adventurous lives of Jason and his Argonauts, yet many of us are on a quest for something golden.
Academic text (2003) -
If Medea's helping them, she's guiding them to the Golden Fleece and the Argonauts will take ship.
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I subdued Gaul and Thrace, and sailed with the Argonauts.
Fiction book (1996)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Argonaut = Argo + naut (semi-transparent) = Argo + naut
The compound transparently denotes a 'sailor/participant of the Argo' for learners familiar with the name 'Argo' or the combining form '-naut', but may be unclear to others.
Etymology
Argonaut comes from the Greek parts Argo and nautes 'sailor', so it literally means 'sailor of the Argo'. That's why an Argonaut is one of the heroes who sailed with Jason to find the Golden Fleece.