Argonautn.

Brit.

/ˈɑːɡənɔːt/, U.S.

/ˈɑrɡəˌnɔt/

Etymology: < Latin Argonauta, < Greek Ἀργοναύτης a sailor in the ship Argo.

a. One of the legendary heroes who accompanied Jason in the Argo in his quest of the Golden Fleece.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > hero

Hectora1387

worthy1552

Brutea1556

hero1578

heroic1586

Argonaut1596

Argonautic1614

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A6 The dreadfull discord, which did driue The noble Argonauts to outrage fell.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xiii. 325 The Argonauts again owed their safety to the stratagem of Mêdea.

b. transferred. Also with small initial.

ΚΠ

1807 Salmagundi 20 Mar. 109 A celebrated Roman knight..who..became a great favourite of prince Madoc, and accompanied that famous Argonaut in the voyage which ended in the discovery of this continent.

1893 K. Sanborn Truthful Woman S. Calif. 1 The fin-de-siècle Argonaut, in Pullman train, flees the cold and grip.

c. An adventurer who went to California in search of gold soon after its discovery there in 1848; a forty-niner. U.S. Obsolete exc. Historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > other specific colonists or settlers

pilgrim1630

originals1703

old settler1744

Big Knife1750

out-settler1755

provincial1756

Boer1776

freeman1791

Pilgrim Fathers1799

back-settler1809

undertaker1819

oecist1846

Argonaut1848

Canterbury pilgrim1850

poblador1850

shagroon1851

forty-niner1853

planter1858

inside squatter1881

local white1888

Minyan1928

1848 in C. C. Cutler Greyhounds of the Sea (1930) xiv. 134 The ship will be commanded by a man of experience, and if the adventurers of the Trescott do not bring home their full share of the golden fleece, we have overestimated the qualities of the Argonautes.

1873 Overland Monthly May 434 Argonauts of '49.

1875 B. Harte (title) Tales of the Argonauts.

1948 P. Johnston Lost & Living Cities Calif. Gold Rush 28/1 How those argonauts who first beheld this contorted country must have labored to penetrate it with pack mules and ox-drawn wagons!

2. Name of a genus of cephalopod molluscs of the octopod type, esp. of the species which, from the delicacy and whiteness of its shell, is also known as the ‘paper nautilus,’ and was formerly believed to sail on the surface of the sea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Octopoda > family Argonautidae > genus Argonaut

Argonaut1835

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. x. 306 The Argonaut, or paper nautilus.

1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §891 By the action of the arms, the Argonaut can swim backwards in the same manner as other Octopi.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	argonaut
释义	Argonautn. Brit. /ˈɑːɡənɔːt/, U.S. /ˈɑrɡəˌnɔt/ Etymology: < Latin Argonauta, < Greek Ἀργοναύτης a sailor in the ship Argo. 1. a. One of the legendary heroes who accompanied Jason in the Argo in his quest of the Golden Fleece. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > hero Hectora1387 worthy1552 Brutea1556 hero1578 heroic1586 Argonaut1596 Argonautic1614 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A6 The dreadfull discord, which did driue The noble Argonauts to outrage fell. View more context for this quotation 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xiii. 325 The Argonauts again owed their safety to the stratagem of Mêdea. b. transferred. Also with small initial. ΚΠ 1807 Salmagundi 20 Mar. 109 A celebrated Roman knight..who..became a great favourite of prince Madoc, and accompanied that famous Argonaut in the voyage which ended in the discovery of this continent. 1893 K. Sanborn Truthful Woman S. Calif. 1 The fin-de-siècle Argonaut, in Pullman train, flees the cold and grip. c. An adventurer who went to California in search of gold soon after its discovery there in 1848; a forty-niner. U.S. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > other specific colonists or settlers pilgrim1630 originals1703 old settler1744 Big Knife1750 out-settler1755 provincial1756 Boer1776 freeman1791 Pilgrim Fathers1799 back-settler1809 undertaker1819 oecist1846 Argonaut1848 Canterbury pilgrim1850 poblador1850 shagroon1851 forty-niner1853 planter1858 inside squatter1881 local white1888 Minyan1928 1848 in C. C. Cutler Greyhounds of the Sea (1930) xiv. 134 The ship will be commanded by a man of experience, and if the adventurers of the Trescott do not bring home their full share of the golden fleece, we have overestimated the qualities of the Argonautes. 1873 Overland Monthly May 434 Argonauts of '49. 1875 B. Harte (title) Tales of the Argonauts. 1948 P. Johnston Lost & Living Cities Calif. Gold Rush 28/1 How those argonauts who first beheld this contorted country must have labored to penetrate it with pack mules and ox-drawn wagons! 2. Name of a genus of cephalopod molluscs of the octopod type, esp. of the species which, from the delicacy and whiteness of its shell, is also known as the ‘paper nautilus,’ and was formerly believed to sail on the surface of the sea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Octopoda > family Argonautidae > genus Argonaut Argonaut1835 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. x. 306 The Argonaut, or paper nautilus. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §891 By the action of the arms, the Argonaut can swim backwards in the same manner as other Octopi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1596
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