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" One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact."
David F. Houston

Meaning of "schooner" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCHOONER

Origin uncertain.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SCHOONER

ˈskuːnə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCHOONER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Schooner is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCHOONER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Schooner

A schooner /ˈskuːnər/ is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts, the foremast being no taller than the rear mast. Such vessels were first used by the Dutch in the 16th or 17th century. Originally schooners were gaff-rigged, but modern schooners may be Bermuda-rigged. Schooners were further developed in North America from the early 18th century, and came into extensive use in New England. The most common type of schooners, with two masts, were popular in trades that required speed and windward ability, such as slaving, privateering, and blockade running. They were also traditional fishing boats, used for offshore fishing. In the Chesapeake Bay area several distinctive schooner types evolved, including the Baltimore clipper and the pungy. Schooners were popular on both sides of the Atlantic in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but in Europe they gradually gave way to the cutter.

Definition of schooner in the English dictionary

The first definition of schooner in the dictionary is a sailing vessel with at least two masts, with all lower sails rigged fore-and-aft, and with the main mast stepped aft. Other definition of schooner is a large glass for sherry. Schooner is also a large glass for beer.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCHOONER

abuna · bhuna · Buna · crooner · Fortuna · Kaduna · kahuna · koruna · kuna · lacuna · laguna · Luna · lunar · Nagarjuna · nooner · Pune · sooner · tuna · tuner · vicuna

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCHOONER

schoolmarmish · schoolmaster · schoolmastering · schoolmasterish · schoolmasterly · schoolmastership · schoolmate · schoolmen · schoolmistress · schoolmistressy · schoolroom · Schools · schools inspector · schools medical officer · schoolteacher · schooltide · schoolward · schoolwork · schoolyard · schooner rig

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCHOONER

air-conditioner · boner · booner · commissioner · conditioner · disponer · harpooner · kroner · lampooner · marooner · mooner · practitioner · prairie schooner · prisoner · ratooner · stoner · summoner · swooner · tensioner · toner

Synonyms and antonyms of schooner in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «schooner» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCHOONER

Find out the translation of schooner to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of schooner from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «schooner» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

大篷车
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

goleta
570 millions of speakers
en

English

schooner
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

स्कूनर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مركب شراعي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

шхуна
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

escuna
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

schooner
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

goélette
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Skuasy
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Schoner
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

スクーナー
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

스쿠너
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sandhangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nưa lít bia
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இரட்டை பாய் மர கப்பல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पाण्यात बुडणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

uskuna
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

goletta
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

szkuner
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

шхуна
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

goeleta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκούνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skoener
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skonare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skonnert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of schooner

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOONER»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of schooner
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about schooner

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QUOTES WITH «SCHOONER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word schooner.
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David F. Houston
One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHOONER»

Discover the use of schooner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to schooner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Schooner: Building a Wooden Boat on Martha's Vineyard
This is the story of Ross Gannon and Nat Benjamin and the Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway where the sailing vessel Rebecca was designed and built.
Tom Dunlop, 2010
2
Schooner Passage: Sailing Ships and the Lake Michigan Frontier
Schooner Passage is a history of these magnificent sailing vessels and their role in maritime trade along Lake Michigan.
Theodore J. Karamanski, 2000
3
Global Bank Regulation: Principles and Policies
Its focus on the prudential, global regulation of financial institutions drives this book's unique exploration of global policy principles.
Heidi Mandanis Schooner, Michael W. Taylor, 2009
4
The Low Black Schooner: Yacht America, 1851-1945 : a New ...
Traces the history of the schooner yacht and discusses it achievements in races and its use by the Navy in the Civil War
John Rousmaniere, B. A. G. Fuller, Stuart Parnes, 1986
5
Best of Prairie Schooner: Fiction and Poetry
Now celebrating seventy-five years of continuous publication, Prairie Schooner has been called one of the best magazines in America by Nan Talese, "the roots" in Esquire's garden of contemporary literature, and one of the best places for ...
Hilda Raz, 2001
6
The Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Jewish ...
The collection embraces tradition and innovation and is as diverse as it is consistently stimulating, sure to become required reading for enthusiasts of contemporary American literature.
Hilda Raz, 1998
7
Schooner
From December 23 to June 21, a young boy looks on in amazement as a schooner is being built in an old shipyard in Massachusetts.
Pat Lowery Collins, 2002
8
Schooner Sunset: The Last British Sailing Coasters
Written by a former schoonerman, this book covers the last years of working schooners in the British Isles, in the 1930's and 1940's; included are many sketches by the author, covering in great detail the structure and rigging of the ...
Douglas Bennet, David B. Clement, 2001
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Tales from the Great Lakes: Based on C.H.J. Snider's ...
Based on C.H.J. Snider's "Schooner days" Robert B. Townsend. depth of hold 11 feet 7 inches and tonnage as 384, about as much as the Welland Canal could accommodate until the locks were enlarged. What made her different from others  ...
Robert B. Townsend, 1996
10
Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina ...
1884 Frying Pan Shoals 2 Isaac L. Clark Schooner Dec. 17. 1884 Diamond Shoals 0 Ephraim Williams Barkentine Dec. 22, 1884 Big Kinnakeet 0 Ario Pardee Schooner Dec. 29i 1884 Wash Woods 0 A. F. Crockett Schooner Feb. 17.
David Stick, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHOONER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term schooner is used in the context of the following news items.
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Remains of Revolutionary War schooner raised from Lake …
Timbers from the schooner Royal Savage, raised from the lake in 1934, has been in possession of the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and will be turned over to ... «Fox News, Jun 15»
2
Toronto schooner recovered from construction site moved to Fort York
A 19th-century schooner discovered at a waterfront condo development was loaded onto a truck and taken to Fort York Thursday morning, where it will be ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
3
Schooner from 1800s uncovered on Nantasket Beach
Mastone said he's not sure if the part of the ship discovered on Nantasket is the bow or stern, but he has a pretty good idea where the rest of the schooner went. «WCVB Boston, May 15»
4
Condo developers dig up 1830s schooner in downtown Toronto
Construction workers excavating the site of a future Toronto condominium building unearthed the remnants of a nearly 200-year-old schooner, believed to be the ... «CTV News, May 15»
5
Tony Abbott skols a schooner of beer in six seconds in Sydney pub
The prime minister, Tony Abbott, threw back a schooner of beer in about six ... they are about to skol a schooner of VB,” the team coach, Simon Carrodus, said. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
6
Raw: Coast Guard Rescues Schooner Crew
Nine crewmembers of a disabled Canadian charter schooner that looks like a pirate ship jumped safely into Coast Guard lifeboats in rough seas off the New ... «USA TODAY, Apr 15»
7
Amistad schooner to dock in New London for summer festivals
NEW LONDON >> A Superior Court judge has approved a plan by a court-appointed receiver to keep the Amistad schooner docked this summer in New London ... «New Haven Register, Mar 15»
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Cruise company seeks to bring Milbridge-built schooner back to Maine
The owner of Bar Harbor-based Downeast Windjammer Cruises is working on a deal to buy back the schooner Quinnipiack, pictured here in Hampden, ... «Bangor Daily News, Feb 15»
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Key facts about the Bluenose II schooner
HALIFAX – What you need to know about the Bluenose II and the ship's troubled restoration: PROUD HISTORY: The original Bluenose was a schooner ... «MetroNews Canada, Jan 15»
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Large abstract sculpture of historic schooner planned for downtown …
John Hermanson of North Muskegon is currently raising the funds for an abstract sculpture of the schooner Lyman M. Davis. The ship was built in 1873 in ... «MLive.com, Dec 14»
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