The person who steers a ship.
synonyms: helmsman, steerer.
Roget 269:
sailor,
mariner,
navigator;
seaman,
seafarer,
seafaring man;
dock walloper [Slang];
tar,
jack tar,
salt,
able seaman,
A. B.;
man-of-war's man,
bluejacket,
galiongee†,
galionji†,
marine,
jolly,
midshipman,
middy;
skipper;
shipman†,
boatman,
ferryman,
waterman†,
lighterman†,
bargeman,
longshoreman;
bargee†,
gondolier;
oar,
oarsman;
rower;
boatswain,
cockswain†;
coxswain;
steersman,
pilot;
crew.
aerial navigator,
aeronaut,
balloonist,
Icarus;
aeroplanist†,
airman,
aviator,
birdman,
man-bird,
wizard of the air,
aviatrix,
flier,
pilot,
test pilot,
glider pilot,
bush pilot,
navigator,
flight attendant,
steward,
stewardess,
crew;
astronaut,
cosmonaut;
parachutist,
paratrooper.
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Roget 694:
director,
manager,
governor,
rector,
comptroller.
superintendent,
supervisor,
straw boss;
intendant;
overseer,
overlooker†;
supercargo†,
husband,
inspector,
visitor,
ranger,
surveyor,
aedile†;
moderator,
monitor,
taskmaster;
master
etc.
745;
leader,
ringleader,
demagogue,
corypheus,
conductor,
fugleman†,
precentor†,
bellwether,
agitator;
caporal†,
choregus†,
collector,
file leader,
flugelman†,
linkboy†.
guiding star
etc.
(guidance)
693;
adviser
etc.
695;
guide
etc.
(information)
527;
pilot;
helmsman;
steersman,
steermate†;
wire-puller.
driver,
whip,
Jehu,
charioteer;
coachman,
carman,
cabman;
postilion,
vetturino†,
muleteer,
arriero†,
teamster;
whipper in.
head,
head man,
head center,
boss;
principal,
president,
speaker;
chair,
chairman,
chairwoman,
chairperson;
captain
etc.
(master)
745;
superior;
mayor
etc.
(civil authority)
745;
vice president,
prime minister,
premier,
vizier,
grand vizier,
eparch†.
officer,
functionary,
minister,
official,
red-tapist†,
bureaucrat;
man in office,
Jack in office;
office bearer;
person in authority
etc.
745.
statesman,
strategist,
legislator,
lawgiver,
politician,
statist†,
statemonger†;
Minos,
Draco;
arbiter
etc.
(judge)
967;
boss [U.S.],
political dictator.
board
etc.
(council)
696.
secretary,
secretary of state;
Reis Effendi;
vicar
etc.
(deputy)
759;
steward,
factor;
agent
etc.
758;
bailiff,
middleman;
foreman,
clerk of works;
landreeve†;
factotum,
major-domo†,
seneschal,
housekeeper,
shepherd,
croupier;
proctor,
procurator.
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Dutch: roerganger, stuurman
Polish: sternik