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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F.

aéronaute

, fr. Gr. [GREEK] air + [GREEK] sailor. See

An aërial navigator; a balloonist.

Noun.

[Gr. a sailor, from a ship.]

One who sails or floats in the air; an aerial navigator; applied to persons who ascent in air balloons.

See also: aeronaut

aëronaut ‎(plural aëronauts)

Alternative spelling of aeronaut
- 1997, Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife, chapter 2, page #30:
  Some of them managed to stay with the damaged balloon of Lee Scoresby, the Texan aëronaut.