yachtsman
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- noun
- /ˈjɑːtsmən/
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yateador
- Every summer, the experienced yachtsman participated in the local regatta.
- an avid yachtsman
- a well-known yachtsman
- a known yachtsman
Examples
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Hell, even that old fart Whipple had rushed off because he had a date with a yachtsman named Tyler D. Bowlman.
Fiction book (2000) -
I'm a yachtsman.
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This one here you see is going to be called the the the yachtsman or the sailor.
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I came here to sail against you, against a yachtsman.
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- Careless yachtsman, to lose this.
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Once he had been lean and athletic, a polo champion at Princeton, a well-known young yachtsman.
Fiction book (1995) -
An old preppie, slender and fit, with a yachtsman's sunburnt nose, his hair still damp from his shower.
Fiction book (1995) -
Mr. Albemarle said, "You mean, when a man finds his wife naked on another man's sailboat and he sues the yachtsman for alienation of affection?"
Fiction book (1997) -
His initial interest in the sea services came from both his father, James Roosevelt, an avid yachtsman, and his mother's seafaring family, the Delanos, who used their great clipper.
Blog text (23) -
He enjoyed weekends sailing with his friends, proudly calling himself a yachtsman.
Synonyms
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A person who goes out on a boat for fun
A person who owns or sails a yacht
A person who spends time on a yacht for fun
A person who often spends time on large private boats
A person who sails or rides in a sailboat
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Etymology
Yachtsman comes from yacht, which comes from the Dutch jacht meaning 'hunt'. Those jacht boats were fast and used to chase other ships and later people used them for pleasure. So, a yachtsman is someone who sails or owns a yacht, usually for sport or fun.