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Argonaut

noun

Someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure.

(Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece.

Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells. Synonyms: Argonauta argo, nautilus, paper nautilus.

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... bas-relief, including Salomy Jane, Yuba Bill, Tennessee's Partner, John Oakhurst and the Heathen Chinee. The Olympic Club, the Pacific Union Club on Nob Hill, the University Club, the Commonwealth, the Union League Club, the Commercial, the Transportation, the Concordia, the Argonaut, the Engineers, the Army and Navy, the Old Colony and the Press Clubs are among the other organizations with well appointed quarters. The Knights of Columbus, Masons, Elks and other fraternal orders have their own clubs. The ...

— Fascinating San Francisco • Fred Brandt and Andrew Y. Wood

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