noun
Meaning 1
A woman who sails a yacht.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
yachtswoman
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noun
Meaning 2
a person who owns or sails a yacht
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yachtsman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sailor, crewman
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English yacht English -s- Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English yachtswoman From yacht + -s- + -woman.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: zeilster — woman who sails a yacht
- French: yachtswoman — woman who sails a yacht
- French: yachtwoman — woman who sails a yacht
- German: Seglerin — woman who sails a yacht
- Hebrew: מְשִׁיטַת יַכְטָה (meshitat yakhta) — woman who sails a yacht
- Hebrew: יַכְטוֹנֵרִית (yakhtonerit) — woman who sails a yacht
- Irish: luamhaire — woman who sails a yacht
- Italian: velista — woman who sails a yacht
- Polish: żeglarka — woman who sails a yacht
- Russian: яхтсме́нка (jaxtsménka) — woman who sails a yacht