Aeronaut

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 5

ā′ėr-o-nawt, n. one who makes ascents in a balloon.— adjs. Aeronaut′ic , Aeronaut′ical .— n. Aeronaut′ics , the science or art of aerial navigation. [Gr. aēr , air, nautēs , sailor.]