SAILER

Etymology

Noun

sailer (plural sailers)

That which sails; a boat.

(baseball) A fastball that skims through the air.

Obsolete form of sailor.

Anagrams

• Alires, Israel, Isreal, Lieras, Sal Rei, ariels, railes, realis, relais, resail, serail, serial

Proper noun

Sailer (plural Sailers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sailer is the 12339th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2520 individuals. Sailer is most common among White (93.61%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Alires, Israel, Isreal, Lieras, Sal Rei, ariels, railes, realis, relais, resail, serail, serial

Source: Wiktionary


Sail"er, n.

1. A sailor. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

2. A ship or other vessel; -- with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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