steerer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that steers.
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Informal. a confederate who directs potential customers to a gambling game, brothel, drug seller, etc.
Etymology
Origin of steerer
Example Sentences
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A drummer helps keeps the pace and a steerer keeps the boat on course.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2022
Adorned with dragon heads and tails, large boats typically hold 20 people — 18 paddlers, one steerer and one drummer, who sets the rhythm for the strokes, like a coxswain.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2021
There’s also a drummer and steerer on board.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2020
It's crucial to make sure that your steerer tube is tall enough to go to the top of the stem-otherwise you'll have major problems and won't be able to use it.
From Time Magazine Archive
It enables the steerer to keep his eyes on his stern-post, and to guide his course thereby in confidence, without repeated twists round to see if any loafing duffer is going to smash his timbers.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
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