steersman

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

"My uncle Victarion has loaned me his own steersman."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

But when I tried to arrange for my old steersmen to pilot me down the river again, I found that energetic Calgary had beaten me to it.

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

Some of these tumble the big ship about, till the steersmen feel her going almost regardless of the rudder.

From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Mayne Reid

The ship lunged and half rolled into the trough of the waves; then the steersmen, sheltered in their box, gained control and swung it about.

From The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham