Steersman vs Sternman - What's the difference?
steersman | sternman |
(nautical) One who steers a ship; the helmsman.
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A person who sits at the stern or rear of a boat.
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)- 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.