Definitions for argonauts

argonauts Ar·go·naut

Spelling: [ahr-guh-nawt, -not]
IPA: /ˈɑr gəˌnɔt, -ˌnɒt/

Argonauts is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 513 anagrams from letters in argonauts (aagnorstu).

Definitions for argonauts

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
  2. (sometimes lowercase) a person in quest of something dangerous but rewarding; adventurer.
  3. a person who moved to California during the gold rush of 1849.
  4. (lowercase) paper nautilus.

Origin of argonauts

Latin Argonauta Greek Argonaútēs crewman of the ship Argo; see nautical

Examples for argonauts

When the quest of the argonauts was ended, Orpheus returned to his own land of Thrace.

Mr. Maslin is justly jealous for the reputation of the argonauts.

Orpheus accompanied the argonauts in their expedition to Colchis.

The temple, with the Portico of the argonauts which surrounded it, was erected by Agrippa.

It was the name of the ship that Jason and the argonauts sailed in to liberate the Golden Fleece against impossible odds.

All signs of life except those of other argonauts disappeared.

Not a vestige of the argonauts ever turned up; not a sound came out of the waste.

He was physician to the argonauts in their famous expedition to Colchis.

A similar interpretation is possible of the expedition of the argonauts.

Then the argonauts came out into the open sea—the Black Sea.

Word Value for argonauts
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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