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schooner

noun

schoo·​ner ˈskü-nər How to pronounce schooner (audio)
1
: a typically 2-masted fore-and-aft rigged vessel with a foremast and a mainmast stepped nearly amidships
2
: a larger-than-usual drinking glass (as for beer)

Illustration of schooner

Illustration of schooner
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Almost overnight, the industry, with millions of workers and customers, was shut down, the boats dropping off the face of the earth like a cartoon schooner sailing over the edge of the planet. Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 7 July 2022 This allows the schooner to catch the light like a crystal while cruising the high seas. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2022 Members of the team assessing the sunken wreckage of the last U.S. slave ship, the Clotilda, are shown looking at timbers from the schooner near Mobile, Ala., on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. CBS News, 12 May 2022 At the beginning of the war, during the Siege of Boston, Washington had chartered a schooner owned by Marblehead’s John Glover and turned it into a privateer, marking, some have claimed, the beginning of the American Navy. BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2021 At one point, French painter Fernand Léger used the two-masted schooner as a floating studio, creating a series of watercolor paintings of the vessel. Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 May 2022 But the West called to him, spurring him to sell his belongings in New Orleans and buy a 106-ton schooner named Julia Ann, which took him across the Pacific Ocean. Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022 Docked at the Gangplank Marina at the Wharf, the 65-foot American Spirit schooner is a fundraising resource and an opportunity for the public to partake in sails, private charters and events. Erin E. Williams, Washington Post, 9 June 2022 During the retreat, Wadsworth ordered Revere to send his brig carrying artillery to help evacuate a schooner that was drifting toward the British fleet. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

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First Known Use

1716, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of schooner was in 1716

Phrases Containing schooner

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