What's the difference between helmsman and steersman?

Helmsman


Definition:

  • (n.) The man at the helm; a steersman.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Rather, it is about the Great Helmsman as a guide for party leadership.
  • (2) "He must safeguard his position as the helmsman of the left," said a former magazine editor in Beijing, Li Weidong.
  • (3) The ship's hotel director was sentenced to two years and six months while two bridge officers and a helmsman got sentences ranging from 20 to 23 months.
  • (4) The premier, said Khodorkovsky, was helmsman of a galley which "sails right over people's destinies" and "over which, more and more, the citizens of Russia seem to see a black pirate flag flying".
  • (5) Now, with Blackburn five points adrift of safety in the Premier League , the chairman, John Williams, has put his faith in a safe, experienced helmsman, who at 54, is 13 years older than the man he replaced.
  • (6) There is, none the less, something curious about the cult of Mao, which began in the 80s, roughly 10 years after the Great Helmsman's death.
  • (7) It is like telling the helmsman to avoid both the rock and the hard place.
  • (8) He was a helmsman for the 2001 federal election campaign, which plucked victory from troubled waters following two incidents known as the Tampa and "children overboard" affairs.
  • (9) The prime minister talks as if we would suddenly be up the famous brown creek without a helmsman.
  • (10) The Cultural Revolution was the brainchild of China’s ‘Great Helmsman’, Chairman Mao Zedong.
  • (11) The “great helmsman” Mao Zedong is clearly one inspiration, but the pragmatic reformer Deng Xiaoping is another.

Steersman


Definition:

  • (n.) One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel.

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