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. (Zoöl.)
A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.
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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.
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