yacht club

noun

: a club organized to promote and regulate yachting and boating

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The 33-year-old fashion entrepreneur was found dead on a boat docked at an exclusive yacht club in Montauk, New York, on Aug. 5. Michael Dorgan , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025 How the novelist turned the violence and randomness of war into a cosmic joke On August 5, 1945—the day before the world ended—Frank Sinatra was at a yacht club in San Pedro, California. Noah Hawley, The Atlantic, 2 July 2025 Heim’s portfolio also includes yacht clubs in Shanghai and Beijing, and eco-marina projects in Greece. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 June 2025 Register at skippers meeting at 10 a.m. July 4 at the yacht club, 1950 Harbor Drive North. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for yacht club

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of yacht club was in 1834

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“Yacht club.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yacht%20club. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.

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