yachtsman
Americannoun
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yachtsmen
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noun
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See -man.
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Her mother died when Sydney was 7, and she was influenced by the oddities of her father, a yachtsman who dressed Sydney in a sailor suit until she was 18.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Local news outlets reported that the most recent fatal shark attack occurred in February 2021, when a yachtsman was killed by a tiger shark.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
Some local businesses helped fund the encampment and well known figures such as Olympic yachtsman Russell Coutts, Winston Peters, a former deputy prime minister under Ardern, and former prime minister Jim Bolger urged dialogue.
From Reuters ● Mar. 3, 2022
A yachtsman, he hired architect Robert V. Derrah in 1936 to design Coke’s now-landmark Art Deco bottling plant downtown on South Central Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
Jimmy started as he recognized the yachtsman they had met on the island; but Aynsley moved forward with a smile.
From The Secret of the Reef by Harold Bindloss
On the high seas, wealthy yachtsmen seeking speed and distance records have also repeatedly required rescue when their voyages run astray.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
It is only the second time in 144 years the Cup is taken away from American yachtsmen.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2020
There are no yachtsmen or equestrians in his version of America.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2018
Belying the stereotype of patrician yachtsmen with jaunty caps swilling drinks and getting tan, ocean sailing can be extraordinarily dangerous.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2018
A third time they made the transit; and on this occasion one of the yachtsmen carried a leather portmanteau, and the others a lady’s trunk and carriage bag.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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