Definitions for schooner
ˈsku nərschooner

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. schoonernoun

   a large beer glass

2. schoonernoun

   sailing vessel used in former times

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. schoonernoun

   A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast. There are variants, such as additional square sails on the fore topmast. Compare ketch and yawl which have a main and a mizzen mast.

2. schoonernoun

   A glass of beer. Size varies by state, but it is typically one of the larger measures, except in South Australia; see Beer in Australia: Beer glasses for details.

3. schoonernoun

   A large goblet or drinking glass, used for lager or ale.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Schooner

   A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schooner also has a square topsail on the foremast, to which may be added a topgallant. Differing definitions leave uncertain whether the addition of a fore course would make such a vessel a brigantine. Many schooners are gaff-rigged, but other examples include Bermuda rig and the staysail schooner.: 211 : 26 : 100 : 48 The origins of schooner rigged vessels is obscure, but there is good evidence of them from the early 17th century in paintings by Dutch marine artists. The name "schooner" first appeared in eastern North America in the early 1700s. The name may be related to a Scots word meaning to skip over water, or to skip stones.The schooner rig was used in vessels with a wide range of purposes. On a fast hull, good ability to windward was useful for privateers, blockade runners, slave ships, smaller naval craft and opium clippers. Packet boats (built for the fast conveyance of passengers and goods) were often schooners. Fruit schooners were noted for their quick passages, taking their perishable cargoes on routes such as the Azores to Britain. Some pilot boats adopted the rig. The fishing vessels that worked the Grand Banks of Newfoundland were schooners, and held in high regard as an outstanding development of the type. In merchant use, the ease of handling in confined waters and smaller crew requirements made schooners a common rig, especially in the 19th century. Some schooners worked on deep sea routes. In British home waters, schooners usually had cargo-carrying hulls that were designed to take the ground in drying harbours (or, even, to unload dried out on an open beach). The last of these once-common craft had ceased trading by the middle of the 20th century. Some very large schooners with five or more masts were built in the United States from circa 1880–1920. They mostly carried bulk cargoes such as coal and timber. In yachting, schooners predominated in the early years of the America's Cup. In more recent times, schooners have been used as sail training ships.

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1. schooner

   A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts, with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts. These were first used by the Dutch in the 16th or 17th century and later became popular in colonial America. Apart from this, in Australia and Canada, the term "schooner" also refers to a large-sized beer glass.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Schoonernoun

   originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix

2. Schoonernoun

   a large goblet or drinking glass, -- used for lager beer or ale

3. Etymology: [See the Note below. Cf. Shun.]

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1. Schooner

   A schooner 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 were more widely used in the United States than in any other country. 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.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. schooner

   Strictly, a small craft with two masts and no tops, but the name is also applied to fore-and-aft vessels of various classes. There are two-topsail schooners both fore and aft, main-topsail schooners, with two square top-sails; fore-topsail schooners with one square top-sail. Ballahou schooners, whose fore-mast rakes forward; and we also have three-masted vessels called schooners.

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Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Schooner

   This kind of vessel received its name from the exclamation of a spectator at the time when its earliest example was launched: “Look, she schoons!”

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1. SCHOONER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Schooner is ranked #119508 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Schooner surname appeared 145 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Schooner.
   
   86.2% or 125 total occurrences were White.
   8.9% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.4% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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1. • Glass
   • Sailing Vessel

How to pronounce schooner?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of schooner in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of schooner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=schooner
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schooner
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schooner
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schooner
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=schooner
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=schooner
8. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=schooner
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html