noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A man who sails a yacht.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Irish Sketch Book published together with The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh and Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, New York: Caxton, Chapter 10, p. 379, [...] and so ended, not without a sigh on my part, one of the merriest six-hour rides that five yachtsmen, one cockney, five women and a child, the carman, and a countryman with an alpeen, ever took in their lives.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a person who owns or sails a yacht
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yachtswoman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sailor, crewman
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English yacht English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English yachtsman From yacht + -s- + -man.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
帆船運動員 /帆船运动员
(sportsman)
— man who sails a yacht
Chinese Mandarin:
遊艇主 /游艇主
(yóutǐngzhǔ)
— man who sails a yacht
Danish:
sejler
— man who sails a yacht
Danish:
lystsejler
— man who sails a yacht
Dutch:
zeiler
— man who sails a yacht
Finnish:
purjehtija
— man who sails a yacht
French:
yachtsman
— man who sails a yacht
French:
yachtman
— man who sails a yacht
German:
Segler
— man who sails a yacht
Irish:
luamhaire
— man who sails a yacht
Italian:
velista
— man who sails a yacht
Italian:
diportista
— man who sails a yacht
Japanese:
ヨット乗り
(yotto-nori)
— man who sails a yacht
Manx:
birlingagh
— man who sails a yacht
Manx:
shiaulteyr birling
— man who sails a yacht
Norwegian Bokmål:
seiler
— man who sails a yacht
Norwegian Bokmål:
segler
— man who sails a yacht
Portuguese:
iatista
— man who sails a yacht
Russian:
яхтсме́н
(jaxtsmén)
— man who sails a yacht
