steersman
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The narrator is portrayed as the junior steersman.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Once, it was a happy little Greek term for a steersman, adapted in the 1940s by scientists describing the interaction between humans and machines: cybernetics.
From BBC ● May 19, 2017
It looks like Marvel’s found their new franchise steersman.
From Time ● Mar. 23, 2015
Adam Bielamowicz, a tenor, was a bright steersman.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2013
Luiz Correia was the steersman, Julio de Lima was the bowsman, and Antonio Pareci was the paddler.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
All rigging whole and all hands well, we rested, letting the wind and steersmen work the ships, for five days; on the fifth we made the delta.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
And it is from them that the skilled canoe men and the experienced flatboat steersmen are selected for the 20 conduct of the precious flotillas on these northern waters.
From On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland by H. L. (Harry Lincoln) Sayler
As darkness deepened the three sloops set out westward under shortened canvas, keeping so close that the steersmen hailed each other frequently through the night.
From The Black Buccaneer by Stephen W. (Stephen Warren) Meader
Tossed and tormented, driven on from behind, and driven back from before, neither sailors nor steersmen avail to guide her.
From A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas by Fanny Loviot
Then, quite casually, he faced the two steersmen.
From On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland by H. L. (Harry Lincoln) Sayler
