steersman
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Origin of steersman
First recorded before 1000; Middle English steresman, Old English stēoresmann, equivalent to stēor “steering, helm” ( see steer 1) + -es 's 1 + man man
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The narrator is portrayed as the junior steersman.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Once, it was a happy little Greek term for a steersman, adapted in the 1940s by scientists describing the interaction between humans and machines: cybernetics.
From BBC ● May 19, 2017
It looks like Marvel’s found their new franchise steersman.
From Time ● Mar. 23, 2015
Adam Bielamowicz, a tenor, was a bright steersman.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2013
But when Luiz, the steersman in Roosevelt’s canoe, took his ax and chopped into the hollow of the tree, Roosevelt could see a waxy formation.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
All rigging whole and all hands well, we rested, letting the wind and steersmen work the ships, for five days; on the fifth we made the delta.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
As darkness deepened the three sloops set out westward under shortened canvas, keeping so close that the steersmen hailed each other frequently through the night.
From The Black Buccaneer by Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren)
Cora was as adept at the wheel of the Pet as she was at that of the Whirlwind, and many admiring comments were made by other steersmen in the Cove, though Cora knew it not.
From The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea by Penrose, Margaret
The boats were drifting lazily under the banks, the native steersmen half sleeping at their posts, the white men stretched out, listless, sun-wearied, inert.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Bevan, Tom
Tossed and tormented, driven on from behind, and driven back from before, neither sailors nor steersmen avail to guide her.
From A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas by Loviot, Fanny
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