Steerer
//ˈstɪəɹə// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone or something that steers.
- 2 a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) wordnet
- 3 A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
"It isn't long before the casino help are telling their friends not to patronize the joint, and they in turn tell their friends, and in a very short time hundreds of people know all about it. At this point, the only way to get action is to hire a flock of steerers […]"
- 4 a person who steers a ship wordnet
Example
More examples"It isn't long before the casino help are telling their friends not to patronize the joint, and they in turn tell their friends, and in a very short time hundreds of people know all about it. At this point, the only way to get action is to hire a flock of steerers […]"
Etymology
From steer + -er.
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