schooner

noun

schoo·​ner ˈskü-nər How to pronounce schooner (audio)
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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)

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The Tongkonan houses, designed to look like traditional Buginese schooners, are among the region’s most recognizable symbols. — Jarrod Hobson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 Amid the oceangoing vessels bound for all four corners of the world was a little twenty-ton schooner built in Monterey, the Peor es Nada. — Literary Hub, 29 July 2026 From there, walk toward Salem Maritime National Historical Park and Derby Wharf before getting back onto the water for a harbor cruise or schooner sail. — Jenn Sinrich, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026 Now known as Sail4th 250, the parade of ships is a successor to Operation Sail, the international flotilla of schooners and barques and windjammers brought into New York Harbor half a dozen times starting in 1964. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for schooner

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First Known Use

1716, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of schooner was in 1716

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“Schooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schooner. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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schooner

noun
schoo·​ner ˈskü-nər How to pronounce schooner (audio)
1
: a ship with a fore-and-aft rig and two or more masts
2
: a large tall glass (as for beer)
3
: prairie schooner
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