steerer
Example Sentences
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A drummer helps keeps the pace and a steerer keeps the boat on course.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
Adorned with dragon heads and tails, large boats typically hold 20 people — 18 paddlers, one steerer and one drummer, who sets the rhythm for the strokes, like a coxswain.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
There’s also a drummer and steerer on board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2020
Haymakers Archduke Franz Josef, natty, 38-year-old distant cousin of Otto, turned out to have been a "steerer" for Manhattan's swank Sherry-Netherland Hotel.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Shall I turn the boat back?” asks the steerer.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
