steersman

[ steerz-muh n ]

/ ˈstɪərz mən /

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noun, plural steers·men.

a person who steers a ship; helmsman.

a person who drives a machine.

Words nearby steersman

steering, steering column, steering committee, steering gear, steering wheel, steersman, steeve, stefan dušan, stefan's law, stefan-boltzmann law, stefanie

Origin of steersman

before 1000; Middle English steresman, Old English stēoresmann, equivalent to stēor steering, helm (see steer¹) + -es 's¹ +man man¹

OTHER WORDS FROM steersman

steers·man·ship, noun

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Examples from the Web for steersman

In a small canoe with two paddlers and the faithful Ali for a steersman he would disappear for a few days at a time.
Almayer's Folly|Joseph Conrad
It looks very long, and the water, which the steersman says is only three feet deep, seems very far away and very deep.
Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895|Various
The Filipino steersman shifted from foot to foot, a dim moving shape at his shadowed post.
The Locusts' Years|Mary Helen Fee
The steersman was pulling on his coat while he sought among the crowd the faces of his more familiar friends.
The Last Hope|Henry Seton Merriman

The steersman, who was staring hard in the direction they were going, scowled.
Keziah Coffin|Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for steersman

steersman

/ (ˈstɪəzmən) /

noun plural -men

the helmsman of a vessel

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steersman

noun, plural steers·men.

Words related to steersman

Words nearby steersman

Origin of steersman

OTHER WORDS FROM steersman

Examples from the Web for steersman

British Dictionary definitions for steersman

noun plural -men