schooner

noun

schoo·​ner ˈskü-nər 

1

: 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)

Illustration of schooner

• schooner 1

Examples of schooner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Its schooner carried some of Liberia’s soon-to-be-famous families from Charleston, South Carolina, to Liberia’s capital, Monrovia. — Karen Masterson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

The schooner remained intact on the island’s Miacomet Beach for two weeks, allowing islanders to save 700 bales of cotton using skids and teams of oxen, records show. — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

The splintered timbers, fastened together by rusted iron, emerged near an area where remains believed to be from the Warren Sawyer, a wooden schooner lost in 1884, have been found before. — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

As the Michigan reached the rapids, the old schooner crashed against the rocks, snapping its masts as water rushed into the hull. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1716, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing schooner

• prairie schooner
• schooner rig

Rhymes for schooner

• lunar
• sooner
• spooner
• tuner
• lacunar
• semilunar

Kids Definition

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

: prairie schooner