[ˈɛːrə(ʊ)nɔːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a traveller in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft
(e.g: watching aeronauts take off in untethered balloon flights became a form of public entertainment)


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Origin:
late 18th century: from French aéronaute, from Greek aēr ‘air’ + nautēs ‘sailor’