steerer

[ steer-er ]

/ ˈstɪər ər /

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noun

a person or thing that steers.

Informal. a confederate who directs potential customers to a gambling game, brothel, drug seller, etc.

Nearby words

steeplejack, steer, steer clear of, steerage, steerageway, steerer, steerhide, steering, steering column, steering committee, steering gear

Origin of steerer

steer¹ + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for steerer

Madame, there is a four-oared boat in view without a steerer.
A Book of Burlesque|Willam Davenport Adams
Here, said the Steerer to the Guy, is the picture of what you will get in reality.
Satan's Invisible World Displayed or, Despairing Democracy|W. T. Stead
In the days of Tom Egan the steerer had to act as coach to his crew, but nowadays he is no longer called upon to do so.
Rowing|Rudolf Chambers Lehmann
Three days after the arrival of the vessel in port the steerer of the vessel was seized with the disease.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley

What little outlook is to be kept falls to the lot of the steerer smoothly towed.
Ceres' Runaway|Alice Meynell