aëronaut

See also: aeronaut

English

Etymology

aër- +‎ -o- +‎ -naut

Noun

aëronaut (plural aëronauts)

1. Archaic spelling of aeronaut.
   • 1997, Philip Pullman, chapter 2, in The Subtle Knife, page 30:

     Some of them managed to stay with the damaged balloon of Lee Scoresby, the Texan aëronaut.