: one who operates or travels in an airship or balloon
Examples of aeronaut in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebNot all jumps were entirely successful, as seen on Aug. 24, 1896, when an aeronaut nearly died by drowning.—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 29 June 2024 Soon, the exploits of new aeronauts would upstage him, among them Alberto Santos-Dumont’s circumnavigation of the Eiffel Tower in 1901.—Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024 On the way down, the aeronaut, having toasted to freedom, dropped leaflets of the new constitution.—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2023 In its 30 years of life, this champion aeronaut flies more than 2.4 million kilometres - the equivalent of three return journeys to the Moon.—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2010 See all Example Sentences for aeronaut
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French aéronaute, from aéro-aero- + -naute (as in Argonauteargonaut), borrowed from Greek naútēs "sailor" — more at nautical
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