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- [skoo-ner]
- /ˈsku nər/
- /ˈskuː.nər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skoo-ner]
- /ˈsku nər/
Definitions of schooner word
- noun schooner Nautical. 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. See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2). 1
- noun schooner a very tall glass, as for beer. 1
- noun schooner prairie schooner. 1
- noun schooner sailing ship 1
- noun schooner large beer glass 1
- countable noun schooner A schooner is a medium-sized sailing ship. 0
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Origin of schooner
First appearance:
before 1705 One of the 50% oldest English words
1705-15, Americanism; perhaps scoon, variant of dial. scun scud1 (compare dialectal Swedish skunna, Old English scyndan) + -er1
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Parts of speech for Schooner
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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schooner popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
schooner usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for schooner
noun schooner
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- bateau — a light flat-bottomed boat used on rivers in Canada and the northern US
- bateaux — Also, batteau. Nautical. Chiefly Canadian and Southern U.S.. a small, flat-bottomed rowboat used on rivers. a half-decked, sloop-rigged boat used for fishing on Chesapeake Bay; skipjack. (in some regions) a scow.
- boat — A boat is something in which people can travel across water.
- brigantine — a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
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