Cunarder

Definition

A steamship operated by the Cunard Line.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "Our Norseman found himself standing on the deck of a huge black-hulled Cunarder."
• "a gasping August, whose hot breath thickened round the Cunarder before she got half-way up the harbor."
• "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."