Sailer
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 That which sails; a sailboat.
"She is the best sailer in the service, and she carries a hundred guns."
- 2 A fastball that skims through the air.
- 3 A butterfly of the genus Neptis
- 4 Obsolete form of sailor. alt-of, obsolete
"The records of Stepney parish note the burial of Henry Rainsford "an old sailer sometyme beadle of Ratclife and now a pencioner.""
- 1 A surname.
"Alamariu announced on Twitter he was restarting his account — though it’s unclear when or if he posted on the account previously, as no earlier posts are visible — and tagged far-right figures like Steve Sailer and Ann Coulter. “hi Steve I closed my account before but reopened to post some new articles. Hope you follow back! You might be interested in this one about Brazil,” he wrote to Sailer."
Synonyms
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More examples"She is the best sailer in the service, and she carries a hundred guns."
Etymology
From Middle English sailer, sayler, saylere, equivalent to sail + -er.
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