| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| (AHR-guh-nawts) In classical mythology, the companions of Jason in the quest for the Golden Fleece. Their ship was the Argo. | 1 |
| ‡ Naut means “sailor” in Greek and is the root of our word nautical. Today, the word is used to coin terms such as astronaut and aquanaut. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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