Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pilot or navigator of a lighter-than-air craft, such as a balloon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who sails or floats in the air; an aërial navigator; a balloonist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An aërial navigator; a balloonist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who glides through the air in an
airship orballoon - noun
balloonist
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who operates an aircraft
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The aeronaut is strapped into a carrier, attached to a sail wing of nylon stretched on an aluminium frame like a paper dart, and jumps into the air from a high place.
November 2007 2007
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“Land,” called the aeronaut, his voice small against the whistling of the air over the wind-screen.
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Japanese, and it is characteristic that from the first it was contemplated that the aeronaut should be a swordsman.
The War in the Air Herbert George 2006
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It was no easy task to carry, half dragging it, the heavy body of Mr. Damon off the platform, but the aeronaut was a muscular individual, and long hanging from a trapeze, at great heights, stood him in good stead.
Tom Swift and His Airship Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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The aeroplane owner who hires a professional aeronaut, that is, one who has qualified as an expert, owes him very little legal duty to supply him with a perfect aeroplane.
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"Land," called the aeronaut, his voice small against the whistling of the air over the wind-screen.
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Mostly they were Japanese, and it is characteristic that from the first it was contemplated that the aeronaut should be a swordsman.
The War in the Air 1906
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The aeroplane owner who hires a professional aeronaut, that is, one who has qualified as an expert, owes him very little legal duty to supply him with a perfect aeroplane.
Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship Octave Chanute 1871
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Sam Elliot is again the great Western icon as a Texan "aeronaut" signed on to the Arctic expedition.
William Bradley: Angels and Demons and Religious Politics 2009
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Robert Falcon Scott became the first "aeronaut" when hespent an hour, 800 feet over the edgeof the Ross Ice ShelfonFebruary 4, 1902.
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