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  • n  the person who steers a ship

  • The word cybernetics, which Wiener coined, is based on the Greek word for "steersman," and he made it stand for the science of control mechanisms that he showed to be part of .
  • It is a straightforward story, but Ponnelle has turned it all into the lurid dream of a young steersman.
  • Though never a fancy skater or ski jumper, His Holiness was once an intrepid bobsledder and a skilled toboggan steersman.
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  • Trekking the Towpath: Back to nature with a bit of history
    As I start out on my hike from St. Helena Heritage Park in downtown Canal Fulton along the Towpath Trail, the first sound I hear is “Low bridge ahead,” as the steersman yells out while Prince and Dan — the two behemoth Percheron draft horses — tow the line that keeps the St. Helena III canal boat moving toward its destination at Lock IV park.
    June 10, 2013 - The Massillon Independent

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