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 Definitions of schooner  [ˈsku nər]  

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Definition of 'schooner' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) schooner
any 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.

2.  schooner
a very tall glass, as for beer.

Etymology:  (1705–15, Amer.; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'schooner' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) schooner
a large beer glass

2. (noun) schooner
sailing vessel used in former times


Definition of 'schooner' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) schooner
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. (noun) schooner
a large goblet or drinking glass, -- used for lager beer or ale


Translation of 'schooner' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of fast sailing-ship with two or more masts.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skoener Arabic flag Arabic: مَرْكَب شِراعي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: шхуна
Brazilian flag Brazilian: escuna Czech flag Czech: škuner German flag German: der Schoner
Danish flag Danish: skonnert Greek flag Greek: σκούνα Spanish flag Spanish: goleta
Estonian flag Estonian: kuunar Farsi flag Farsi: كشتي بادباني تندرو Finnish flag Finnish: kuunari
French flag French: goélette Hebrew flag Hebrew: סְפִינָה דוּ-תוֹרנִית Hindi flag Hindi: स्कूनर
Croatian flag Croatian: škuna Hungarian flag Hungarian: szkúner Indonesian flag Indonesian: sekunar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skonnorta Italian flag Italian: goletta Japanese flag Japanese: スクーナー船
Korean flag Korean: (배) 스쿠너 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: škuna Latvian flag Latvian: šoneris
Malay flag Malay: skuner Dutch flag Dutch: schoener Norwegian flag Norwegian: skonnert
Polish flag Polish: szkuner Persian flag Persian: كشتي بادباني تندرو Pashto flag Pashto: وړوكى بېړۍ چه دوه يا ډير
Portuguese flag Portuguese: escuna Romanian flag Romanian: goeletă Russian flag Russian: шхуна
Slovak flag Slovak: škuner Slovenian flag Slovenian: škuner Serbian flag Serbian: škuna
Swedish flag Swedish: skonare, skonert Thai flag Thai: เรือใบที่แล่นเร็วมีสองเสา Turkish flag Turkish: uskuna
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 雙桅或多桅縱帆船 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: шхуна Urdu flag Urdu: دو یا دو سے زیادہ مستولوں
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuyền buồm dọc Chinese flag Chinese: 双桅纵帆船

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