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- schooner 1
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)
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The museum’s centerpiece is the historic Percy & Small Shipyard, the nation’s only surviving shipyard from the large wooden vessel era and the site where the giant schooner Wyoming was built.
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Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Other ancestors had fled aboard the Mayflower from the persecution of Puritans in England, aboard a steamship from pogroms in Ukraine, aboard a schooner from Spanish repression in Cuba.
—Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
Between August and October 1775, Washington outfitted a fleet of schooners at Congress’ expense to intercept British supply ships off the coast of New England.
—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
The sails will be exhibited from May 28 through July 30 on The North Wind schooner throughout the festival.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
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Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Other ancestors had fled aboard the Mayflower from the persecution of Puritans in England, aboard a steamship from pogroms in Ukraine, aboard a schooner from Spanish repression in Cuba.
—Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
Between August and October 1775, Washington outfitted a fleet of schooners at Congress’ expense to intercept British supply ships off the coast of New England.
—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
The sails will be exhibited from May 28 through July 30 on The North Wind schooner throughout the festival.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
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“Schooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schooner. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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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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