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Windsurfer orig. U.S.|ˈwɪndsɜːfə(r)|
Also windsurfer.
[f. wind n.1 + surfer.]
1. The proprietary name in the U.S. of a kind of sailboard.
1969Chr. Sci. Monitor 17 Nov. 17/2 The board segment of the Windsurfer is shaped, with ‘slight changes’, like a surfboard, though it is heavier, at 37 pounds and longer, at 12 feet. 1974Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 20 Aug. tm 166/1 Windsurfer, Windsurfing International Inc., Santa Monica, Calif... For sailboats comprising a surf board type hull and a sail. 1981Daily Mail 9 Apr. 39/3 He [sc. Hoyle Schweitzer] kept production of his Windsurfer down in order to monitor quality. 1983Reader's Dig. Apr. 132 More Windsurfers..have been sold than any class of sailing boat ever. 1984Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 28 Oct. 25/2, I wanted to learn more and get myself back on a windsurfer as soon as I could.
2. One who engages in the sport of windsurfing, a sailboarder.
1969Chr. Sci. Monitor 17 Nov. 17/3 The lone windsurfer (one per board) stands near the middle, left foot just ahead of the mast and hands holding tightly to the ‘wishbone’. 1977Austral. Sailing Jan. 27/3 Clive Colonso is one of Britain's few expert windsurfers. 1982Times 3 May 5/1 Twenty windsurfers were rescued from the North Sea yesterday. 1984Times 25 Aug. 11/7 Windsurfers tend to be individualists, happy to sail alone. |