a sailing vessel with at least two masts, with all lower sails rigged fore-and-aft, and with the main mast stepped aft a large glass for sherry a large glass for beer
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schoon•er /ˈskunɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Nautical, Naval Termsa kind of sailing vessel having a mast in front and a main mast.
- a very tall glass, as for beer.
schoon•er
(sko̅o̅′nər),USA pronunciation n.
- Nautical, Naval Termsany of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. Cf. ketch, topsail schooner, yawl (def. 2).
- a very tall glass, as for beer.
- See prairie schooner.
- perh. scoon, variant of dialect, dialectal scun scud1 (compare dialect, dialectal Swedish skunna, Old English scyndan) + -er1 1705–15, American.
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'schooner' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-rigged
- Baltimore clipper
- Sch.
- ashore
- baldheaded
- beam-ends
- becalm
- drogher
- five-legged
- foreyard
- four-legged
- gollywobbler
- jumbo
- main-topsail schooner
- prairie schooner
- raffee
- sail
- sailer
- schooner-rigged
- skysail
- three-legged
- topsail schooner