steersman
Example Sentences
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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
Not for his passenger's sake, but to save his ship from the peril of the storm, the master shouted at once to the steersman to head westward toward the light.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
