Home › Words › S › sailboatersailboatersailboater means one who sails a sailboat.EtymologyFrom sailboat + -er.nounOne who sails a sailboat.e.g.“He marveled that the Waterway could temporarily unite two distinct species, powerboaters and sailboaters, who have historically avoided each other like the plague.” — 2007 May 18, C. J. Hughes, “Not Just Any Port for Migrating Snowbirds”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).