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sailboater

noun

Etymology

From sailboat + -er.

  1. derived from *bʰeyd-✻ — “to break, split”
  2. inherited from *baitaz✻
  3. inherited from *bait✻
  4. inherited from bāt — “boat”
  5. inherited from bot
  6. compounded as sailboat — “sail + boat”
  7. suffixed as sailboater — “sailboat + er”

Definitions

  1. One who sails a sailboat.

    • He marveled that the Waterway could temporarily unite two distinct species, powerboaters and sailboaters, who have historically avoided each other like the plague.

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