Definition of "aeronauts" []

• Plural form of aeronaut. (noun)

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• "Do you think the United States should have abandoned the development of airplanes and created a program to shoot government "aeronauts" out of cannons?"
• "The overcooked story deals with hot-air balloons, adventures of "aeronauts" parachuting from them at county fairs and exhibitions, and what happens when a boy stows away on a balloon that must be brought to the ground after passing over San Francisco Bay."
• "The first "aeronauts," Joseph Montgolfier, James Sadler and Vincenzo Lunardi, wowed crowds of thousands by achieving the dream of human flight with their hot-air balloons, engineering prowess, showmanship and an arrogance best expressed by a toast once proposed by Lunardi: "I give you me, Lunardi -- whom all the ladies love.""