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
They swung around and above, the tern dæmon keeping close like a child to its mother, and watched the steersman adjust the course slightly as the foghorn boomed again.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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
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
Cora was as adept at the wheel of the Pet as she was at that of the Whirlwind, and many admiring comments were made by other steersmen in the Cove, though Cora knew it not.
From The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea by Margaret Penrose
So much depends on the skill, and dexterity, and intelligence of these steersmen, that they have always double pay.
From Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
The first day was a trial to the patience of the steersmen.
From Through Finland in Carts by Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie
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