steersman en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈstiɹz.mən/ (US)
- /ˈstɪəz.mən/ (UK)
- /ˈstɪɹz.mən/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree English steer English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English steersman From steer + -s- + -man.
Meanings
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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.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 53, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC: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.
1942, Emily Carr, “Regatta”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| steersmen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
steerswoman (gender)
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
helmsman (one who steers) · sternsman (one who steers)
Translations (21)
la gubernātor (one who steers a ship) · ru рулевой (one who steers a ship) · te నావికుడు (one who steers a ship) · mi kaiwhakaue (one who steers a ship) · pl sternik (one who steers a ship) · ga stiúrthóir (one who steers a ship) · mi kaiurungi (one who steers a ship) · pl sterniczka (one who steers a ship) · gl temoneiro (one who steers a ship) · hu kormányos (one who steers a ship) · bg рулеви (one who steers a ship) · grc κυβερνήτης (one who steers a ship) · mk ко́рмилар (one who steers a ship) · haw uli (one who steers a ship) · ang sċipstēora (one who steers a ship) · sv rorgängare (one who steers a ship) · sv rorsman (one who steers a ship) · cs kormidelník (one who steers a ship) · bg кормчия (one who steers a ship) · sv styrman (one who steers a ship) · mi kaitia (one who steers a ship)