What does boatsteerer mean?
Boatsteerer means (dated, nautical) The person, in a whaleboat, who manned the forward oar and whose task was to harpoon whales.
Boatsteerer
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Meaning
(dated, nautical) The person, in a whaleboat, who manned the forward oar and whose task was to harpoon whales.
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- boatsteerers
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