aëronaut

noun

Dated spelling of aeronaut.

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Meanings

nounaëronaut (plural aëronauts)

plural aëronauts

  1. Dated spelling of aeronaut.

    Some of them managed to stay with the damaged balloon of Lee Scoresby, the Texan aëronaut.

    1997, Philip Pullman, chapter 2, in The Subtle Knife, page 30

Origin

From aër- + -o- + -naut.

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APA

aëronaut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%C3%ABronaut

MLA

“aëronaut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%C3%ABronaut. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aëronaut,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%C3%ABronaut.

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