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yachtswoman

[ yots-woom-uhn ]

noun

, plural yachts·wom·en.
  1. a woman who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting. yacht.


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Gender Note

See -woman.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yachtswoman1

First recorded in 1885–90; yacht + 's 1 + -woman
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Example Sentences

I soon discovered that the lady had been something of a yachtswoman, and seemed perfectly at home on the heaving ocean.

She is a golfer, a yachtswoman, fond of sport generally, and withal a charming hostess.

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