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Steersmen vs Steersman - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between steersmen and steersman

is that steersmen is plural of steersman while steersman is one who steers a ship; the helmsman.

steersmen

English

Noun

(head)

    • 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

    Related terms

    * steer

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