Argonaut Definition

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

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