capsizee

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noun

One whose vessel capsizes.

Scrabble 21

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nouncapsizee (plural capsizees)

plural capsizees

  1. rareOne whose vessel capsizes.

    I remember well the greetings of catcalls and horn toots that awaited the unfortunate capsizees when they were towed past all the others who had managed to remain upright.

    1972, Yachting, volume 131, page 36
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    One boy did capsize out in the middle of the bay, but another who was with him sailed back to the Point and he and I, in a larger boat, went out and towed the capsizee home.

    1938, Country Life, volume 74, page 28

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