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- schooner 1
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: 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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Two big schooners of beer, then — pilsner for me, IPA for Ian.
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David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
Help hoist the sails of the Schooner Freedom, a massive topsail schooner captained by John and Sarah Zaruba.
—Kara Franker, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
Renamed Magic Circle, Guthrie’s schooner became a lowly minesweeper along the Scottish coast.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
That same weekend, to celebrate Juneteenth, a replica of the historic schooner Amistad—that became famous after a group of enslaved Africans led a successful revolt—will drop anchor in Oak Bluffs and offer free public tours (June 16-19).
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2023
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David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
Help hoist the sails of the Schooner Freedom, a massive topsail schooner captained by John and Sarah Zaruba.
—Kara Franker, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
Renamed Magic Circle, Guthrie’s schooner became a lowly minesweeper along the Scottish coast.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
That same weekend, to celebrate Juneteenth, a replica of the historic schooner Amistad—that became famous after a group of enslaved Africans led a successful revolt—will drop anchor in Oak Bluffs and offer free public tours (June 16-19).
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2023
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“Schooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schooner. Accessed 2 May. 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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