Meaning

2 senses
  1. One whose occupation is to make or repair sails.

    Segelmacher

    парусный мастер

    a maker of sails

  2. (US)An officer in the United States navy who takes charge of the sails.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
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Origin

From Middle English *sayl-makere, equivalent to sail + maker. Cognate with Saterland Frisi

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.

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Forms

plural: sailmakers
Singularsailmaker
Pluralsailmakers

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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