Argonauts

1. In classical mythology , the companions of Jason in the quest for the Golden Fleece . Their ship was the Argo .

Notes

Naut means “sailor” in Greek and is the root of our word nautical . Today, the word is used to coin terms such as astronaut and aquanaut .

Example Sentences

It was the name of the ship that Jason and the Argonauts sailed in to liberate the Golden Fleece against impossible odds.

From The Daily Beast

The excitement extended throughout the Union and the "Argonauts of '49" came swarming to the gold fields.

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One of the Argonauts has told how he organized, in a little New England town, a company of twenty men.

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Inside the mouth of the river, just ere it entered Lake Le Barge, they found a hundred storm-bound boats of the argonauts.

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The father was among the argonauts who started in search of the golden fleece to California in the year 1849.

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In 1850 he became one of the Argonauts who sought gold on the western front, making his way to California.

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