Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A man who owns or sails a yacht.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who keeps or sails a yacht.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who owns or sails a yacht; a yachter.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A man who sails a yacht.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who owns or sails a yacht

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Examples

  • (I call our yachtsman Euergetes because it is so unlike his real name that neither he nor his family will recognise it.) "Why, Euergetes," exclaimed Cynthia,

    From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • The first 'yachtsman' was Joshua Slocum, who started life as a sea captain and in 1895 set off on the world's first circumnavigation by a yachtsman in his boat Spray.

    Rosenblumtv 2009

  • Ridgway – who runs the adventure holiday company founded by her father, the yachtsman John Ridgway – takes her two children, Hughie, eight, and Molly, 10, to school each morning in an open boat with an outboard motor from their home in Ardmore, in Sutherland.

    Tiny school wants one for the roll 2011

  • All artists who focus on wildlife, historical and nautical scenes are confronted on a regular basis by people who are knowledgeable in these fields -- outdoorsmen, hunters, birders, Civil War reenacters, military historians (or military buffs), yachtsman and boating enthusiasts -- looking for mistakes.

    Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010

  • With his wire-rimmed glasses and measured speech, Rogge -- a Belgian, former surgeon and Olympic yachtsman -- cuts a distinguished figure.

    Elisabeth Braw: "You Can Cure Cancer, But You Can't Cure Doping and Illegal Betting" Elisabeth Braw 2012

  • All artists who focus on wildlife, historical and nautical scenes are confronted on a regular basis by people who are knowledgeable in these fields -- outdoorsmen, hunters, birders, Civil War reenacters, military historians (or military buffs), yachtsman and boating enthusiasts -- looking for mistakes.

    Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010

  • All artists who focus on wildlife, historical and nautical scenes are confronted on a regular basis by people who are knowledgeable in these fields -- outdoorsmen, hunters, birders, Civil War reenacters, military historians (or military buffs), yachtsman and boating enthusiasts -- looking for mistakes.

    Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010

  • All artists who focus on wildlife, historical and nautical scenes are confronted on a regular basis by people who are knowledgeable in these fields -- outdoorsmen, hunters, birders, Civil War reenacters, military historians (or military buffs), yachtsman and boating enthusiasts -- looking for mistakes.

    Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010

  • All artists who focus on wildlife, historical and nautical scenes are confronted on a regular basis by people who are knowledgeable in these fields -- outdoorsmen, hunters, birders, Civil War reenacters, military historians (or military buffs), yachtsman and boating enthusiasts -- looking for mistakes.

    Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010

  • All artists who focus on wildlife, historical and nautical scenes are confronted on a regular basis by people who are knowledgeable in these fields -- outdoorsmen, hunters, birders, Civil War reenacters, military historians (or military buffs), yachtsman and boating enthusiasts -- looking for mistakes.

    Daniel Grant: Artwork That Is Judged on the Basis of Accuracy Daniel Grant 2010

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