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# steersman

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

### part of speech

noun (steersman, steersmen)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) A steersman is the person who steers a boat or ship, keeping it on its course. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steersman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in sea tales the steersman keeps the ship on course while others do other jobs

### examples

- The steersman held the wheel steady. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steersman/#x1)
- Our steersman called out the course. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steersman/#x2)
- A good steersman knows the stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steersman/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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