boatsteerer

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noun

The person, in a whaleboat, who manned the forward oar and whose task was to harpoon whales

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Meanings

nounboatsteerer (plural boatsteerers)

plural boatsteerers

  1. datednauticalThe person, in a whaleboat, who manned the forward oar and whose task was to harpoon whales

    The boat-steerer, who was actually the bow oarsman, threw the harpoon, and the headsman steered the boat until he went for’ard to kill the whale with his lance.

    1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 8
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APA

boatsteerer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatsteerer

MLA

“boatsteerer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatsteerer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boatsteerer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boatsteerer.

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