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noun

Argonaut n.

Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

(Zool.) A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta.

One of those who went to California in search of gold shortly after it was discovered there in 1848. (U. S.) "The "Argonauts of '49" were a strong, self-reliant, generous body of men."

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Etymology of 'Argonaut'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... victory of Arkesilas, King of the Hellenic colony of Kyrene in Africa, an occasion for telling the story of Jason's expedition with the Argonauts. The ostensible reason for introducing the story is that Kyrene had been colonised from the island of Thera by the descendants of the Argonaut Euphemos, according to the prophecy of Medea related at the beginning of the ode. But Pindar had another reason. He wished to suggest an analogy between the relation of the Iolkian king Pelias to Jason and the relation of Arkesilas to his exiled kinsman Demophilos. Demophilos ...

— The Extant Odes of Pindar • Pindar

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