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steersmates

steersmates is the plural of steersmate.

Meaning of steersmate

Noun

steersmate (plural steersmates)

  1. (obsolete) One who steers; a steersman; a helmsperson.
    • What pilot so expert but needs must wreck ,
      Embark'd with such a steersmate at the helm ?1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC

Questions about steersmates

What is steersmates the plural of?
Steersmates is the plural of steersmate.

Words near steersmates in the dictionary

  1. steermen
  2. steers
  3. steersman
  4. steersmanship
  5. steersmate
  6. steersmates
  7. steersmen
  8. steersperson
  9. steerspersons
  10. steerswoman
  11. steerswomen

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