Etymograph

English

sloopman

From sloop + -man.

Formed from sloop + -man

Old French eschalope ‘pod, shell, nutshell’

Middle French chaloupe

Dutch sloep ‘a sloop’

English sloop

Today it means

noun A man who sails a sloop.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sloopman”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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