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sailmaker

sailmaker noun: one whose occupation is to make or repair sails.

Noun

sailmaker (plural sailmakers)

  1. One whose occupation is to make or repair sails.
    • I knew once a Scotch sailmaker who was certain, dead sure, there were people in Mars.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 216
  2. (US) An officer in the United States navy who takes charge of the sails.

sailmaker meaning in Tagalog

sailmaker in Tagalog

occupation
maglalayag

Forms of sailmaker

pluralsailmakers

Origin of sailmaker

From Middle English *sayl-makere, equivalent to sail + maker. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sailmoaker, West Frisian seilmakker, Dutch zeilmaker, German Low German Seilmaker, German Segelmacher, Danish sejlmager, Swedish segelmakare.

Questions about sailmaker

What does sailmaker mean?
Sailmaker means one whose occupation is to make or repair sails.
What is sailmaker in Tagalog?
Sailmaker in Tagalog is maglalayag. See Sailmaker meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is sailmaker?
Sailmaker is a noun.
What is the plural of sailmaker?
The plural of sailmaker is sailmakers.

Words near sailmaker in the dictionary

  1. sailing-masters
  2. sailingly
  3. sailings
  4. sailless
  5. saillike
  6. sailmaker
  7. sailmakers
  8. sailmaking
  9. sailor
  10. sailor collar
  11. sailor collars

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