sailoress

English

Etymology

From sailor +‎ -ess.

Noun

sailoress (plural sailoresses)

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

     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.

Translations

female sailor

• Catalan: marina (ca) f
• Czech: námořnice f
• French: matelote (fr) f
• German: Matrosin (de)
• Italian: marinaia (it) f
• Polish: żeglarka (pl) f
• Spanish: marinera f

Anagrams

• solarises