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n. - Someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure.

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Usage examples (36)
  • Aphrodite with the "nautilus," by which is meant the argonaut of zoologists.
  • How wouldt you feel if you rescued der argonaut, and lose your chump; dell me dot?
  • Having accepted the wind for his pilot, our argonaut seeks no improvement upon his aërial raft.
  • The nautilus (or argonaut) is a poulpe or octopus, but one peculiar both in its nature and its habits.
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