aeronaut
noun
aero·naut
| \ ˈer-ə-ˌnȯt
, -ˌnät\
, -ˌnät\
Definition of aeronaut
: one who operates or travels in an airship or balloon
Examples of aeronaut in a Sentence
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Along the way, Lyra picks up an oracular device called an aletheometer, meets aeronaut Lee Scoresby (played by Lin-Manuel Miranda) and armored polar bear Iorek Byrinson, and recruits them to help her free her friends and disrupt the Church’s plans. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "A war is brewing in the new trailer for HBO’s fantasy series His Dark Materials," 19 July 2019 The wingtips of the most accomplished aeronauts are longer relative to their hand bones. — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, "Why Are Bird Eggs Egg-Shaped? An Eggsplainer," 22 June 2017 As a result, common swifts are among nature’s greatest aeronauts, superbly adapted for a life spent largely in the skies. — National Geographic, "These Birds Fly Almost a Year Without Landing," 27 Oct. 2016 A pair of French aeronauts touched down yesterday in western Portugal less than three miles from the Atlantic to win the oldest, and perhaps simplest, aeronautical race in the world. — Jason Paur, WIRED, "World’s Oldest, And Perhaps Slowest, Air Race," 10 Sep. 2009These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'aeronaut.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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