yachtsman
Americannoun
plural
yachtsmennoun
Gender
See -man.
Other Word Forms
- yachtmanship noun
- yachtsmanship noun
Etymology
Origin of yachtsman
Example Sentences
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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
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 hires a deep-sea diver to find a jeweled cross in a PT boat in postwar Manila.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2020
Noted Australian yachtsman Iain Murray is taking over as the independent regatta director for the 36th America’s Cup scheduled for next year in Auckland, New Zealand.
From Washington Times • May 1, 2020
Wheeler had been halfback on his college football team; he was a yachtsman of more than local renown.
From Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls by Various
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