sailoress

English

Etymology

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.

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