WINDJAMMER

windjammer

(noun) a large sailing ship

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

windjammer (plural windjammers)

(US, slang, dated) One who plays a wind instrument, especially a bugler in the army.

(nautical) A sailing ship; especially a large, iron-hulled, square-rigged ship with three or more masts.

(nautical) A member of the crew of a ship of this kind.

(US, slang) A windbag, a loquacious person.

A weatherproof jacket (windcheater).

Source: Wiktionary


Wind"jam`mer, n.

1. (Naut.) A sailing vessel or one of its crew; -- orig. so called contemptuously by sailors on steam vessels. [Colloq.]

2. An army bugler or trumpeter; any performer on a wind instrument. [Slang]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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