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boatsteerers

boatsteerers is the plural of boatsteerer.

Meaning of boatsteerer

Noun

boatsteerer (plural boatsteerers)

  1. (dated) The person, in a whaleboat, who manned the forward oar and whose task was to harpoon whales

Questions about boatsteerers

What is boatsteerers the plural of?
Boatsteerers is the plural of boatsteerer.

Words near boatsteerers in the dictionary

  1. boatsmen
  2. boatsmith
  3. boatsmiths
  4. boatspeak
  5. boatsteerer
  6. boatsteerers
  7. boatswain
  8. Boatswain Bird Island
  9. boatswain's call
  10. boatswain's calls
  11. boatswain's chair

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