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windjammer

windjammer noun: one who plays a wind instrument, especially a bugler in the army.

Noun

windjammer (plural windjammers)

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

windjammer meaning in Tamil

windjammer in Tamil

வாணிகச் சரக்குக் கப்பல்

Forms of windjammer

pluralwindjammers

Origin of windjammer

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

Questions about windjammer

What does windjammer mean?
Windjammer means one who plays a wind instrument, especially a bugler in the army.
What is windjammer in Tamil?
Windjammer in Tamil is வாணிகச் சரக்குக் கப்பல். See Windjammer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is windjammer?
Windjammer is a noun.
What is the plural of windjammer?
The plural of windjammer is windjammers.

Words near windjammer in the dictionary

  1. Windisch
  2. Windish
  3. Windishes
  4. windjam
  5. windjammed
  6. windjammer
  7. windjammers
  8. windjamming
  9. windjams
  10. windkanter
  11. windkanters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: windjammer (page history and authors); windjammer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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