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Steersman

//ˈstiɹz.mən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who steers a ship or other vessel; the helmsman.

    "And as for a tiller, the whale-boat never admits of any such effeminacy; and therefore as in gamming a complete boat’s crew must leave the ship, and hence as the boat steerer or harpooneer is of the number, that subordinate is the steersman upon the occasion, and the captain, having no place to sit in, is pulled off to his visit all standing like a pine tree."

  2. 2
    a man who steers a ship wordnet

Etymology

From steer + -s- + -man.

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