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steerman Now rare.|ˈstɪəmən|
Forms: 1–2 stéorman, 3 steorman, 5 ster man, stereman, 6 Sc. steirman, 7 steereman, 7– steerman.
[f. steer n.2 + man n. Cf. Du. stuurman, MLG. stûreman, MHG. stiurman (mod.G. steuermann), ON. stýrimað-r, (Sw. styrman, Da. styrmand). The Teut. word was adopted in OF. as esturman, estrumant.]
A steersman.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 560 Hera ðone steorman ac na swa-ðeah ærðan ðe he becume ᵹesundful to þære hyðe. c1205Lay. 28436 And nom alle þa scipen..and þa steormen alle to þan scipen neodde. c1470Henry Wallace ix. 121 Bathe schip maistir, and the ster man also, In the holl, but baid, he gert thaim go. 1586Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 79 The foirsaidis personis furnissand steirmen thairto thameselffis. 1663Gerbier Counsel d 4 b, My Steerman found the Ebb and Flood all along the Coast of America. 1725Pope Odyss. xiv. 287 Safe through the level seas we sweep our way; The steer-man governs, and the ships obey. 1892Stevenson & L. Osborne Wrecker xii, Suppose the steerman's eye to have wandered.
fig.c1460Towneley Myst. iii. 427 Help, god, in this nede! As thou art stere-man..best, as I rede. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. i. 117 Their Star the Bible, Steer-man th' holy Ghost. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 206 No sooner was old Abbas by bold death struck from the helme of Persia; and young Soffy his Grand-sonne made the royall Stear-man, but [etc.]. |