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Windjammer

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who plays a wind instrument, especially a bugler in the army. US, dated, slang
  2. 2
    a large sailing ship wordnet
  3. 3
    A sailing ship; especially a large, iron-hulled, square-rigged ship with three or more masts.
  4. 4
    A member of the crew of a ship of this kind.
  5. 5
    A windbag, a loquacious person. US, slang
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  1. 6
    A weatherproof jacket (windcheater).

Etymology

From wind + jammer? The nautical senses were originally used contemptuously by sailors on steam vessels.

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