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windjammer
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windjammer, n.
- A sailing vessel or one of its crew; -- orig. so called contemptuously by sailors on steam vessels. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- An army bugler or trumpeter; any performer on a wind instrument. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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windjammer
AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Captain Bobadil, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Gascon, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Texan, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, agreeable rattle, babbler, big mouth, big talker, blab, blabberer, blatherer, blower, blowhard, bluejacket, blusterer, boaster, brag, braggadocio, braggart, buccaneer, chatterbox, chatterer, deep-sea man, fair-weather sailor, fanfaron, fisherman, gabber, gabbler, galley, gasbag, gasconader, gibble-gabbler, great talker, hearty, hector, hot-air artist, idle chatterer, jabberer, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, jay, limey, lobsterman, magpie, mariner, matelot, miles gloriosus, moulin a paroles, navigator, patterer, pirate, prater, prattler, privateer, rattle, sail, sailboat, sailing boat, sailing cruiser, sailing ship, sailing vessel, sailor, salt, sea dog, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, shipman, tall ship, tar, viking, water dog, whaler, windbag, windboat, windsailor, windship, windy, word-slingerROGET THESAURUS
windjammer
Ship
N ship, vessel, sail, craft, bottom, navy, marine, fleet, flotilla, shipping, man of war, transport, tender, storeship, merchant ship, merchantman, packet, liner, whaler, slaver, collier, coaster, lighter, fishing boat, pilot boat, trawler, hulk, yacht, baggala, floating hotel, floating palace, ocean greyhound, ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig, brigantine, barkantine, schooner, topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner, chasse-maree, sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss, sailer, sailing vessel, windjammer, steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruiseship, ship of the line, mail steamer, paddle steamer, screw steamer, tug, line of steamers, destroyer, cruiser, frigate, landing ship, LST, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier, submarine, submersible, atomic submarine, boat, pinnace, launch, life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, cock boat, ferry boat, canal boat, swamp boat, ark, bully, battery, bateau, broadhorn, dory, droger, drogher, dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot, shallop, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble, punt, cog, kedge, lerret, eight oar, four oar, pair oar, randan, outrigger, float, raft, pontoon, prame, iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht, catamaran, hydroplane, hovercraft, coracle, gondola, carvel, caravel, felucca, caique, canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe, galley, galleyfoist, bilander, dogger, hooker, howker, argosy, carack, galliass, galleon, polacca, polacre, tartane, junk, lorcha, praam, proa, prahu, saick, sampan, xebec, dhow, dahabeah, nuggah, kayak, keel boat, log canoe, pirogue, quadrireme, trireme, stern-wheeler, wanigan, wangan, wharf boat, balloon, airship, aeroplane, biplane, monoplane, triplane, hydroplane, aerodrome, air balloon, pilot balloon, fire balloon, dirigible, zeppelin, aerostat, Montgolfier, kite, parachute, jet plane, rocket plane, jet liner, turbojet, prop-jet, propeller plane, corporate plane, corporate jet, private plane, private aviation, airline, common carrier, fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, escort plane, spy plane, supersonic aircraft, subsonic aircraft, afloat, aboard, on board, on ship board, hard a lee, hard a port, hard a starboard, hard a weather.For further exploring for "windjammer" in Webster Dictionary Online