yachtsman

[ yots-muhn ]

noun

, plural yachts·men.

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

yachtsman

/ ˈjɒtsmən /

noun

1. a person who sails a yacht or yachts

Gender Note

See -man.

Derived Forms

• ˈyachtsmanˌship, noun

Other Words From

• yachtsman·ship yachtman·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of yachtsman¹

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

Example Sentences

Following an arrest for a DUI, assault and disorderly conduct in Colorado in 1974, she hitchhiked to Florida, where she married Lewis Gratz Fell, a wealthy yachtsman 50 years her senior in 1976.

From Ozy

One of the things which make a yachtsman ask if life is worth living is to run hard on the putty.

From Project Gutenberg

If the yachtsman has on board a seine net, he may realise something of the miraculous draught of fishes mentioned in the Bible.

From Project Gutenberg

The man had an air of easy assurance; and, besides, the request was one that any yachtsman would willingly grant.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Ford was an experienced yachtsman; would he look after the ladies, ask whom he liked?

From Project Gutenberg

No landsman, no amateur yachtsman, could write a book like this.

From Project Gutenberg