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Cunarder|kjuːˈnɑːdə(r)|
A Cunard steamer; one of a line of steam-ships between Liverpool and New York.
This line of steamers was founded by Sir Samuel Cunard, of Halifax, N.S., in conjunction with others.
1850Knickerbocker XXXVI. 574 The ‘Cunarders’. 1874‘Mark Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age lv. 494 He pointed out where the Cunarders lay when in port. 1881Century Mag. XXIII. 184/1 The great Cunarder..drew towards us. 1882Athenæum 16 Dec. 806/2 On June 4th, 1840..a year before the Britannia, the first Cunarder, sailed from Liverpool. 1890Times 30 Dec. 7/4 The arrival of a Cunarder in the Mersey. |