yachtsman
Americannoun
noun
Gender
See -man.
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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
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
A yachtsman, he hired architect Robert V. Derrah in 1936 to design Coke’s now-landmark Art Deco bottling plant downtown on South Central Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2021
I see that you are a genuine English yachtsman.
From A Desperate Voyage by Knight, Edward Frederick
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