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Definition of Steerer

1. Noun. The person who steers a ship.

2. Noun. A beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot).

Definition of Steerer

1. n. One who steers; as, a boat steerer.

Definition of Steerer

1. Noun. Someone or something that steers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Steerer

1. one that steers [n -S] - See also: steers

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steerer

steeply steepness steepnesses steeps steepup steepy steer steer clear steer roping steerable

steerage steerages steerageway steerageways steered steerer (current term) steerers steeries steering steering arm

steering arms steering column steering committee steering gear steering group steering groups steering linkage steering mechanism steering system steering wheel

Literary usage of Steerer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. National Insurance by Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr, William Hubert Stuart Garnett, James Henry Taylor, Great Britain (1913)
"A steerer is employed by a firm The inmates are fully maintained, ... The firm supply the whole equipment of the l>oat itself, the steerer finding the ..."

2. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"Zigzag steerer, desert cheerer, Let me chase thy waving lines; Keep me nearer, me thy hearer, Singing over shrubs and vines. » Insect lover of the sun, ..."

3. Nimrod of the Sea, Or, The American Whaleman by William Morris Davis (1874)
"Boat-steerer goes over the Side to hook on.-—Choice between drowning and Sharks. —Immense Power required.—Blanket-piece.—Misapprehension regarding Size ..."

4. Reminiscences of Eton (Keate's Time) by Charles Allix Wilkinson (1888)
"PROVOST OF ETON — KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH — BOATING — steerer IN FANCY DRESS — GEORGE CANNING SITTER — HIS OPINION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS— FLOODS — TALLOW WEIGHT ..."

5. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1883)
"I SEE "Ex.," in las letter 213.52. favours the rear-steerer ven- highly. I don't wish to alter his opinion. I should like every one to have what he ..."

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