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Definition of aeronaut : An aerial navigator; a balloonist.

Synonyms:

broadside, circular, broadsheet, bill, handbill, flyer, throwaway

astronaut, alien, copilot, balloonist, flier, cosmonaut, rocketeer, Martian, astro-navigator, aviator, passenger, spaceman, airman, captain, pilot

Usage examples:

• Probably no British aeronaut has made more daring and exciting ascents than Mr. Green- unless it be a member of the famous Spencer family, of whom we speak in another chapter. - "The Mastery of the Air", William J. Claxton.
• Donaldson's career as an aeronaut was brief. - "The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier", Edgar Beecher Bronson.
• For a moment she felt absolutely unconcerned, as if reading of the death of some stranger aeronaut, of Japan or South America. - "The Port of Adventure", Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson.