noun
Meaning 1
Someone or something that steers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
steerer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɪəɹə/
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General-American: /ˈstɪɹɚ/
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US: /ˈstɪəɹə(ɹ)/ without the mirror–nearer merger
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US: /ˈstiɹə(ɹ)/ without the mirror–nearer merger
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New-Zealand: /ˈstiəɹə/
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Scotland: /ˈstiɹəɹ/
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/ˈstɛːɹə/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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rhymes with -ɪəɹə(ɹ)
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homophone: starer (cheer–chair merger)
noun
Meaning 2
A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lugger, picker-up, roper, runner
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decoy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: accomplice, confederate, deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
Narrower terms: roper, shill
noun
Meaning 4
the person who steers a ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: helmsman, steersman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog
Narrower terms: coxswain, cox
History
Etymology
From steer + -er.