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yachtsman

American  
[yots-muhn] / ˈyɒts mən /

noun

plural

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


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.

Other Word Forms

  • yachtmanship noun
  • yachtsmanship noun

Etymology

Origin of yachtsman

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

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

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

Therefore it's unlikely that we'll ever know if Bezos copied the decorative flairs of Russian oligarch and fellow yachtsman Andrey Melnichenko by covering the wall of one room in tanned stingray skins.

From BBC • May 13, 2021

You must remember Aynsley, the yachtsman you met on the island.”

From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold