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Steersman vs Sternman - What's the difference?

steersman | sternman |

As nouns the difference between steersman and sternman

is that steersman is one who steers a ship; the helmsman while sternman is a person who sits at the stern or rear of a boat.

steersman

English

Noun

(steersmen)
  • (nautical) One who steers a ship; the helmsman.
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  • And as for a tiller, the whale-boat never admits of any such effeminacy; and therefore as in gamming a complete boat’s crew must leave the ship, and hence as the boat steerer or harpooneer is of the number, that subordinate is the steersman upon the occasion, and the captain, having no place to sit in, is pulled off to his visit all standing like a pine tree.

    Synonyms

    * (one who steers) helmsman, sternsman

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    sternman

    English

    Noun

    (sternmen)
  • A person who sits at the stern or rear of a boat.