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sailoress

sailoress noun: a female sailor.

Noun

sailoress (plural sailoresses)

  1. (dated, rare) A female sailor.
    • 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.1897, “Yachting at Cowes”, in Lady's Realm, volume 2, page 444

Forms of sailoress

pluralsailoresses

Origin of sailoress

From sailor + -ess.

Questions about sailoress

What does sailoress mean?
Sailoress means a female sailor.
What part of speech is sailoress?
Sailoress is a noun.
What is the plural of sailoress?
The plural of sailoress is sailoresses.

Words near sailoress in the dictionary

  1. sailor's housewife
  2. sailor's mouth
  3. sailor's tobacco
  4. sailor's-choice
  5. sailor-proof
  6. sailoress
  7. sailoresses
  8. sailoring
  9. sailorings
  10. sailorize
  11. sailorized

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