Cunarder

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noun

A steamship operated by the Cunard Line.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounCunarder (plural Cunarders)

plural Cunarders

  1. A steamship operated by the Cunard Line.

    Our Norseman found himself standing on the deck of a huge black-hulled Cunarder.

    1877, Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen, Tales From Two Hemispheres
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    a gasping August, whose hot breath thickened round the Cunarder before she got half-way up the harbor.

    1896, William Dean Howells, The Landlord At Lions Head

    Wireless despatches up to noon Monday showed that the passengers of the Titanic were being transferred aboard the steamer Carpathia, a Cunarder, which left New York, April 13th, for Naples.

    1912, Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters

Origin

From Cunard + -er. The company was founded by Sir Samuel Cunard (1787-1865).

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APA

Cunarder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cunarder

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“Cunarder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cunarder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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