timoneern.
/tʌɪməˈnɪə/ rare.
A helmsman, steersman.
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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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1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 36 The order giv'n, the Timoneers obey.
1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck iii. 39 You Timoneers! her motion close attend.
1806 G. Pinckard Notes W. Indies I. 183 The timoneer left the helm; and the ship remained immoveable upon the water.
1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads (1884) xxv. 188 Her timoneer sitting..with the tiller in one hand and the sheet in the other.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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