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Definition of aeronaut in English: aeronautnoun ˈɛərənɔːtˈɛrəˌnɔt dated A traveller in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft. Example sentencesExamples - After experimenting for several years, the young aeronaut was about to make - perhaps - the first powered airplane flight in history.
- The aeronauts tested a three-winged glider, but when the lower wing kept catching on the dunes Avery removed it.
- Ironically, the dunes remaining are not the ones from which the famous aeronauts tried their flying machines.
- Cartier designed the first wristwatch so the aeronaut could check the time without removing his hands from the controls.
- Orville is the world's first aeronaut in a short flight lasting just 12 seconds and covering 37 metres.
Origin Late 18th century: from French aéronaute, from Greek aēr 'air' + nautēs 'sailor'. Definition of aeronaut in US English: aeronautnounˈerəˌnôtˈɛrəˌnɔt dated A traveler in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft. Example sentencesExamples - Cartier designed the first wristwatch so the aeronaut could check the time without removing his hands from the controls.
- The aeronauts tested a three-winged glider, but when the lower wing kept catching on the dunes Avery removed it.
- Ironically, the dunes remaining are not the ones from which the famous aeronauts tried their flying machines.
- After experimenting for several years, the young aeronaut was about to make - perhaps - the first powered airplane flight in history.
- Orville is the world's first aeronaut in a short flight lasting just 12 seconds and covering 37 metres.
Origin Late 18th century: from French aéronaute, from Greek aēr ‘air’ + nautēs ‘sailor’. |