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# helmsman

«helmsman» in Mova's school dictionary: **the person who steers a ship or boat** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (helmsmen)

### meaning for a pupil

A helmsman is the person who steers a ship or boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helmsman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, the helmsman keeps watch and guides the ship through danger

### examples

- The helmsman kept the boat on course. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helmsman/#x1)
- The helmsman called out that land was in sight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helmsman/#x2)
- Our helmsman knew every rock in the bay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helmsman/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «helmsman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/helmsman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.