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timoneer rare.|taɪməˈnɪə(r)|
[a. F. timonier (12th c. in Godef. Compl.), It. timoniere, f. timon helm: see prec. and -eer1.]
A helmsman, steersman.
1762–9Falconer Shipwr. ii. 178 The helm the attentive timoneer applies. Ibid. iii. 67, 115 [etc.]. 1806G. Pinckard Notes W. Ind. I. 183 The timoneer left the helm; and the ship remained immoveable upon the water. 1883G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads xxv. (1884) 188 Her timoneer sitting..with the tiller in one hand and the sheet in the other. |