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单词 steersman
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steersmann.

Brit. /ˈstɪəzmən/, U.S. /ˈstɪ(ə)rzmən/
Forms: Old English stéoresman, Middle English stieresman(n, steores-man, -mon, (Ormin steoressmann), Middle English steresman, Middle English–1500s sterisman, sterysman(n, (Middle English stersman, 1500s stirsman), 1500s–1600s stear(e)sman, 1600s steeresman, 1500s– steersman.
Etymology: Old English stéoresman , < stéores- genitive of stéor steer n.2 + man n.1 Compare steerman n.The word was early adopted into Irish in the form stiurusman; an example occurs in 3 Fragm. Irish Annals 116 (early 11th cent.).
1.
a. One who steers a boat or ship; one who sits at the stern of a canoe and steers (North American).
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot
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rudderOE
governorc1384
lodesmanc1385
shipmasterc1440
pilot1481
steersmatea1575
sternman1582
steerer1585
helmsman1622
piloteer1650
conder1693
timoneer1762
sea-conny1801
boat-setter1814
manjee1829
wheelman1865
throttle jockey1946
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot > one who steers canoe or rowing boat
steersman1774
steerer1868
c1000 Ags. Laws, Ethelred §4 in Liebermann (1898) I. 222/1 Gyf man beo æt his æhtan bereafod, & he wite of hwilcum scipe, agyfe steoresman ða æhta.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2135 Forr all swa summ þe steoressmann. Aȝȝ lokeþþ till an steorrne.
a1200 Vices & Virtues 43 Ðe gastliche hierdes..folgið Noe ðane gode stieresmann.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 13092 Namore þan schip or barge can [keep its course], Þere hym wanteþ a steres man.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4728 Þe sterys man toke þe helme in hande.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. iv. iv. sig. Eee.iij/1 As a boate destitute of a steirseman is with contrarie winds tossed to & fro.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 513 As when a Ship by skilful Stearsman wrought.., where the Wind Veres oft, as oft so steers, and shifts her Saile. View more context for this quotation
1774 S. Hearne & P. Turnor Jrnls. (1934) 122 The Pataroon or Steersman of each Cannoe has 50£ pr annom.
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 108 The steersman paddles softly, and proceeds slowly along shore.
1801 A. Mackenzie Voy. from Montreal p. xxviii The canoe men are of two descriptions, foremen and steersmen, and middlemen.
1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. xiii. 140 The steersman moves his wheel in the required direction.
1897 E. Coues New Light Early Hist. Greater Northwest I. 29 The steersman, finding himself within reach of the shore, jumped upon the rock with one of the midmen.
1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 63 The six members of Black's crew..consisted of bowsman and steersman, and four middlemen.
b. figurative.
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a1200 Vices & Virtues 43 Swa scule ða gastliche stieresmenn steren ða arche of ðe hali cherche.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xix. 225 Farwell, stersman to theym that ar sted In stormes, or in desese lyse!
1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 40 From them [the Vniuersityes] come the most skilfull stearesmen to gouerne, both the state ecclesiasticall, and ciuill.
1650 H. Brooke Υγιεινη 221 Their Steersman is Reason.
1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 48 The great merit of Buonaparte has been that of a skilful steersman.
a1894 R. L. Stevenson in G. Balfour Life R. L. Stevenson (1911) vi. 74 There stood at the wheel that unknown steersman whom we call God.
c. transferred. One who drives and guides a machine.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun] > one who operates machine
minder1692
tender1825
machiner1828
steersman1828
machine-man1834
machine-minder1835
operator1847
runner1848
machine-boy1875
machinist1879
machine operator1887
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > steerer of vehicle
guiderc1475
steersman1906
1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (ed. 2) 250 The Machiner seizes the end of the pole-rope, in order to act as Steersman [of a machine for transplanting trees].
1906 Westm. Gaz. 26 June 5/1 The Hotchkiss..overturned at Saint Calais, but fortunately without injury to the steersman [in a motor-car race].
2. A ruler or governor (of a certain number of people). Obsolete. rare.
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society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > person in authority over specific number
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a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3429 He bad him thesen steres-men.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3417 Ilc of ðe .v. steres-men Vnder hem welden in stere tgen.

Derivatives

ˈsteersmanship n.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance > ability
steersmanship1818
1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism Introd. 187 It is truly edifying to observe the steersmanship displayed by the Reverend Secretary in his passage through these straits.
1840 J. W. Bowden Life Gregory VII II. 43 We feel ourselves unable to save, by any steersmanship, the church, which seems almost foundering before our eyes.
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