yachtsman
Americannoun
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yachtsmen
plural
noun
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See -man.
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Origin of yachtsman
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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
Six people, including British Olympic yachtsman Glyn Charles, died in 1998 after raging storms hit competitors.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
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
The cheerful reader feels as ready for Æschylus and his furies as the yachtsman for his sail on a choppy sea.
From The Book of This and That by Robert Lynd
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
Intruders have been leaving their footprints ever since: Phoenicians, Romans, Pisans, Catalans, billionaire yachtsmen, crabby and indolent writers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2014
One guide-book writer appears to treat the riverside meadows as commons, and suggests that yachtsmen should bring lawn-tennis sets and cricket materials with them.
From The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by G. Christopher Davies
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