steersmate

English

Etymology

From steer +‎ -s- +‎ mate. See steer (“a rudder”).

Noun

steersmate (plural steersmates)

1. (obsolete) One who steers; a steersman; a helmsperson.
   • 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:

     What pilot so expert but needs must wreck ,
     Embark'd with such a steersmate at the helm ?

References

• “steersmate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.