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
The steersman called, and a sailor threw a line from above, and another hurried down the ladder to make it fast to the launch.
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
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
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
The first day was a trial to the patience of the steersmen.
From Through Finland in Carts by Mrs. (Ethel) Alec-Tweedie
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
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