Sailoress

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female sailor. dated, rare

    "The usual size of yacht handled b the fair sailoresses is a two and a half rater but now that practice has increased their skil they are racing large boats."

Example

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"The usual size of yacht handled b the fair sailoresses is a two and a half rater but now that practice has increased their skil they are racing large boats."

Etymology

From sailor + -ess.

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