steersmate

English

Etymology

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

Noun

steersmate (plural steersmates)

(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. 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.

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