HELMSMAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does helmsman mean? • HELMSMAN (noun)
The noun HELMSMAN has 1 sense:
1. the person who steers a ship
Familiarity information: HELMSMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HELMSMAN (noun)
Meaning:
The person who steers a ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
helmsman; steerer; steersman
Hypernyms ("helmsman" is a kind of...):
gob; Jack; Jack-tar; mariner; old salt; sea dog; seafarer; seaman; tar (a man who serves as a sailor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "helmsman"):
cox; coxswain (the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew)
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