windjammer

[wind-jam-er, win-] / ˈwɪndˌdʒæm ər, ˈwɪn- /

NOUN

jack

Synonyms

STRONG

bluejacket boater cadet diver jack-tar lascar marine mariner mate middy navigator pilot pirate salt seafarer seaman shipmate swab tar tarpaulin

WEAK

able-bodied sailor circumnavigator deck hand hearty midshipman/woman old salt sea dog sea person shellback swabber swabbie water dog yachter

NOUN

sailboat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

catamaran craft cutter schooner ship skiff sloop vessel yacht

STRONG

Sunfish bark brig brigantine clipper dory galleon galley jack ketch pinnace yawl

WEAK

gaff-rigged sailboat ragboat tall ship wooden boat

NOUN

sailor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boater cadet diver marine pilot

STRONG

bluejacket jack lascar mariner mate middy navigator pirate salt seafarer shipmate swab tar tarpaulin

WEAK

able-bodied sailor circumnavigator deck hand hearty midshipman/woman old salt sea dog sea person shellback swabber swabbie water dog yachter

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Now, he likes to remember his tour in the Nashville as a personal link to the Navy's windjamming past.

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At 14 he was not wearing an Eton collar but windjamming on seas high and wild.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Dodgers' performance was all the more remarkable because, to hear the sports writers tell it in the preseason windjamming, the Brooklyn "Bums" were headed for nothing but trouble.

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windjammer

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