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- schooner 1
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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Last week, skeletal remains found on New Jersey beaches were identified as those of a 19th-century schooner captain.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 May 2025
This year, look out for General Patton’s private schooner, When-and-If, among others.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025
Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
Two big schooners of beer, then — pilsner for me, IPA for Ian.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 May 2025
This year, look out for General Patton’s private schooner, When-and-If, among others.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025
Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
Two big schooners of beer, then — pilsner for me, IPA for Ian.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for schooner
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“Schooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schooner. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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schooner
noun
schoo·ner
ˈskü-nər 
1
: a ship with a fore-and-aft rig and two or more masts
2
: a large tall glass (as for beer)
3
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