sailer

¹ American

[sey-ler] / ˈseɪ lər /

noun

a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
a vessel with reference to its powers or manner of sailing.

The schooner was judged a good sailer.

Sailer ² American

[sey-ler, zahy-ler] / ˈseɪ lər, ˈzaɪ lər /

noun

Anton Toni, 1935–2009, Austrian skier.

sailer British

/ ˈseɪlə /

noun

a vessel, esp one equipped with sails, with specified sailing characteristics

a good sailer

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Etymology

Origin of sailer

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; sail, -er ¹

Example Sentences

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Only Austrian Toni Sailer, at the 1956 Winter Games, and France's Jean-Claude Killy in 1968, have achieved the feat.

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Austrian Toni Sailer and France's Jean-Claude Killy are the only other racers to have won a hat-trick of golds at a single Winter Olympics.

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Sailer won the downhill, giant slalom and slalom races at the 1956 Cortina Olympics, a feat repeated by Killy at the 1968 Grenoble Games.

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Von Allmen booked himself a place in the pantheon of Olympic alpine skiing greats, with Austrian Toni Sailer and France's Jean-Claude Killy the only other racers to have won a hat-trick of golds.

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Sailer won the downhill, giant slalom and slalom races at the 1956 Cortina Olympics, a feat mirrored by Killy at the 1968 Grenoble Games.

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