steersmate

noun

steersmate

noun

Etymology From steer + -s- + mate. See steer (“a rudder”).

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Obsolete One who steers; a steersman; a helmsperson.

What pilot so expert but needs must wreck , Embark'd with such a steersmate at the helm ?1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:

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