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
Serafina Pekkala flew down toward the launch, leaving the dæmons out of sight above, and alighted on the counter just behind the steersman.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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
The canoe-men are of two descriptions, foremen and steersmen, and middlemen.
From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I by Alexander Mackenzie
There were four men on the line ashore, and the bow and steersmen standing up in the canoe fending her off the rocks and shallows.
From Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. by Martin Hunter
At the suggestion of the steersmen, it was at once decided to make no landing that night but to take advantage of the easy going, as the cold wind would soon sweep the fog away.
From On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland by H. L. (Harry Lincoln) Sayler
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 Stephen W. (Stephen Warren) Meader
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