yachtsman

yachts·man

Y y

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [yots-muh n]
- /ˈyɒts mən/
- /ˈjɒt.smən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [yots-muh n]
- /ˈyɒts mən/

Definitions of yachtsman word

noun plural yachtsman a person who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting. 1
noun yachtsman A man who sails yachts. 1
noun yachtsman sb who sails a yacht 1
countable noun yachtsman A yachtsman is a man who sails a yacht. 0
noun yachtsman a person who sails a yacht or yachts 0
noun yachtsman a person who owns or sails a yacht 0

See all 6 definitions of yachtsman

Information block about the term

Origin of yachtsman

First appearance:

before 1860

One of the 29% newest English words

First recorded in 1860-65; yacht + 's1 + -man

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Yachtsman

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Yachtsman

yachtsman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.