Steersman

//ˈstiɹz.mən//

Synonyms for "steersman" (46 found)

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Translations

19 translations across 14 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κυβερνήτης noun (one who steers a ship)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • кормчия noun (one who steers a ship)
  • рулеви noun (one who steers a ship)

Czech

1 entries
  • kormidelník noun (one who steers a ship)

Galician

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  • temoneiro noun (one who steers a ship)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • uli noun (one who steers a ship)

Irish

1 entries
  • stiúrthóir noun (one who steers a ship)

Latin

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  • gubernātor noun (one who steers a ship)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ко́рмилар noun (one who steers a ship)

Māori

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  • kaitia noun (one who steers a ship)
  • kaiurungi noun (one who steers a ship)
  • kaiwhakaue noun (one who steers a ship)

Old English

1 entries
  • sċipstēora noun (one who steers a ship)

Polish

1 entries
  • sternik noun (one who steers a ship)

Russian

1 entries
  • рулевой noun (one who steers a ship)

Swedish

3 entries
  • rorgängare noun (one who steers a ship)
  • rorsman noun (one who steers a ship)
  • styrman noun (one who steers a ship)

Telugu

1 entries
  • నావికుడు noun (one who steers a ship)

Sample sentences

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At night, in the moonlight, when all were asleep, except the steersman who stood at the helm, she sat at the side of the ship trying to pierce the clear water with her eyes, and fancied she saw her father's palace, and above it her old grandmother with her silver crown on her head, looking up through the cross currents toward the keel of the ship.

Source: tatoeba (7741324)

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.

Source: wiktionary

The Indian canoe races were the most exciting of all the Regatta. Ten paddles dipped as one paddle, ten men bent as one man, while the steersman kept time for them with grunting bows.

Source: wiktionary

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