steersmate
English
Etymology
steer + -s- + mate. See steer (“a rudder”).
Noun
steersmate (plural steersmates)
- (obsolete) One who steers; a steersman.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for steersmate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)