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
The searchlight shone directly at them for seconds that felt like minutes, but then it swung away and the engine noise changed as the steersman opened the throttle and moved off along the flood.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.