sailers
- plural of sailer.
Example Sentences
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In the first scene, Daland’s hulking ship is tugged onstage with ropes pulled by a male chorus of sailers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2020
Officers hesitate to enforce rules because the new sailers could and perhaps would demand a lengthy explanation before following the orders.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rubber dinghies, day sailers, party boats and ocean racers swarmed around the Down Under wonder in a cacophony of blaring horns and Klaxons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leaky, bad sailers, ill-found, the voyage is often protracted, and the sufferings of the poor people on board are dreadful.
From Diary in America, Series Two by Marryat, Frederick
They build pretty little vessels, in conformity with the rules of art, and, by their good management of the keel, make them good sailers; they rig them completely, and decorate them with flags and streamers.
From A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 by Kotzebue, Otto von
