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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sailmaker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
sail-mak-er
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One whose occupation is to make or repair sails.

noun

An officer in the United States navy who takes charge of the sails.

American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *sayl-makere

Usage

Inflected Forms

sailmakers (plural)

Questions

What does sailmaker mean?
One whose occupation is to make or repair sails.
Where does sailmaker come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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