Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AR'GO-NAUT
AR'GO-NAUT, n. [of Αργω, Jason's ship, and ναυτης, a sailor.]
One of the persons who sailed to Colchis with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the golden fleece. – Cicero. Pliny. Sir W. Jones.
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