"sailer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sailers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sailer, sayler, saylere, equivalent to sail + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sailer}} Middle English sailer, {{af|en|sail|-er|id2=agent noun}} sail + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} sailer (plural sailers)
  1. That which sails; a sailboat.
    Sense id: en-sailer-en-noun-uYxovGT5
  2. (baseball) A fastball that skims through the air. Categories (topical): Baseball Categories (lifeform): Limenitidine butterflies
    Sense id: en-sailer-en-noun-c0Qnh~If Disambiguation of Limenitidine butterflies: 7 54 30 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 60 33 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 6 52 35 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 54 39 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 59 34 3 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. A butterfly of the genus Neptis
    Sense id: en-sailer-en-noun-0Xc6T8Hs
  4. Obsolete form of sailor. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: sailor
    Sense id: en-sailer-en-noun-IP4Zva6U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: motorsailer, trailer sailer

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1887, Mrs. Dominic D. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 14:",
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