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Word: Aeronaut
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: from French aéronaute, from Greek aēr ‘air’ + nautēs ‘sailor’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɛːrə(ʊ)nɔːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a traveller in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft
Short Definition:traveller in hot-air balloon, airship
Examples:- watching aeronauts take off in untethered balloon flights became a form of public entertainment
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