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yachtsman

American  
[yots-muhn] / ˈjɒts mən /

noun

  • yachtsmen
    plural
  1. a person who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting.


yachtsman British  
/ ˈjɒtsmən /

noun

  1. a person who sails a yacht or yachts

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gender

See -man.

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Etymology

Origin of yachtsman

First recorded in 1860–65; yacht + 's 1 + -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

The 41-year-old lives in Norwich in eastern England where he grew up, attended college locally, and was an accomplished amateur yachtsman - sailing off the nearby Norfolk coast.

From BBC Sep. 29, 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

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

In fact, seemingly everyone in Northland heard immediately about the glamorous French yachtsmen taking a holiday cruise in the dead of winter.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2025

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

A small steam-yacht, which we could see lying at anchor in the Sound below, had just let loose a dozen yachtsmen upon the loneliness of Iona, and they were being personally conducted through the nunnery.

From Our Journey to the Hebrides by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

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