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YACHTSMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yachtsman mean?
• YACHTSMAN (noun)
The noun YACHTSMAN has 1 sense:
1. a person who owns or sails a yacht
Familiarity information: YACHTSMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who owns or sails a yacht
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
yachtsman; yachtswoman
Hypernyms ("yachtsman" is a kind of...):
Context examples
Then I bethought me of the great yachtsman’s knife he always carried, and I came to him and spoke to him, first softly, then loudly.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The languid loungers of St. James’s were also the yachtsmen of the Solent, the fine riders of the shires, and the hardy fighters in many a wayside battle and many a morning frolic.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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