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Argonaut   /ˈɑrgənˌɔt/   Listen
Argonaut

noun
1.
Someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure.
2.
(Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece.
3.
Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells.  Synonyms: Argonauta argo, nautilus, paper nautilus.



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"Argonaut" Quotes from Famous Books



... The Argonaut Hotel—all San Franciscans will remember it—had, like the Vallejo, started life with high expectations and then declined. But not to so complete a downfall. Fashion had left it, but it still did a good business, was patronized by commercial ...
— Treasure and Trouble Therewith - A Tale of California • Geraldine Bonner
... for you, Mr. Jewel," the clerk announced, when Johnny strolled into the Argonaut hotel in Tucson for his mail. "Just came in. The girl at the switchboard will connect you with ...
— The Thunder Bird • B. M. Bower


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