AQUANAUT


Meaning of AQUANAUT in English

/ak"weuh nawt', -not', ah"kweuh-/ , n.

1. an undersea explorer, esp. one who skin-dives from or lives for an extended period of time in a submerged dwelling.

2. a skin-diver.

[ 1880-85; AQUA- + -naut, on the model of AERONAUT, ASTRONAUT, etc. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .