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English
Etymology
From helm + -s- + man.
Noun
helmsman (plural helmsmen)
- (nautical) A member of a ship's crew who is responsible for steering.
- (figuratively) A leader.
Translations
person responsible for steering a ship
- Afrikaans: stuurman
- Arabic:
- Moroccan Arabic: دمانجي m (dmānji)
- Armenian: ղեկավար (hy) (ġekavar)
- Old Armenian: ղեկավար (łekavar)
- Assamese: কাণ্ডাৰী (kandari), গুৰিয়াল (gurial), কেৰুৱালি (keruali)
- Belarusian: шту́рман m (štúrman), рулявы́ m (ruljavý), стырнавы́ m (styrnavý), сты́рнік m (stýrnik)
- Bulgarian: щу́рман (bg) m (štúrman), рулеви m (rulevi), кормчи́я (bg) m (kormčíja)
- Catalan: timoner (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 舵手 (zh) (duòshǒu)
- Cornish: lewydh m, lewydhes f
- Czech: kormidelník (cs) m
- Danish: styrmand c, rorgænger c (obsolete, ironic (in politics))
- Dutch: stuurman (nl) m, roerganger (nl) m
- Early Assamese: কাণ্ডাৰ (kaṇḍaro)
- Faroese: stýrimaður m
- Finnish: peränpitäjä (fi), ruorimies (fi), perämies (fi)
- French: barreur (fr) m, timonier (fr) m
- Galician: temoneiro (gl), timoeiro m, rodista m
- German: Steuermann (de) m, Rudergänger (de) m
- Greek: πηδαλιούχος (el) m (pidalioúchos)
- Ancient: κυβερνήτης m (kubernḗtēs)
- Hebrew: הַגַּאִי (he) m (hagai), תּוֹפֵשׂ הֶגֶה (he) m (tofes hegeh)
- Hungarian: kormányos (hu)
- Ingrian: perämees
- Italian: timoniere (it) m, nocchiero (it) m, nocchiere (it) m
- Japanese: 舵手 (ja) (だしゅ, dashu)
- Korean: 키잡이 (kijabi), 타수(舵手) (tasu)
- Latin: gubernātor m
- Macedonian: ко́рмилар m (kórmilar), кр́мар m (kŕmar)
- Maori: kaitia, kaiwhakaue, kaiurungi
- Norman: bârryi m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: styrmann m
- Ottoman Turkish: دومنجی (dümenci)
- Polish: sternik (pl) m
- Portuguese: timoneiro (pt) m
- Romanian: cârmaci (ro) m
- Russian: шту́рман (ru) m (štúrman), рулево́й (ru) m (rulevój), ко́рмчий (ru) m (kórmčij) (dated, ironic)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: кр̏ма̄р m, кормѝла̄р m
- Roman: kȑmār (sh) m, kormìlār (sh) m
- Slovak: kormidelník m
- Slovene: krmar m
- Spanish: timonel (es) m
- Swedish: rorsman (sv) c, rorgängare (sv) c
- Tagalog: tagaugit
- Turkish: dümenci (tr)
- Ukrainian: шту́рман m (štúrman), рульови́й m (rulʹovýj), кермови́й (uk) m (kermovýj), стернови́й m (sternovýj), керма́нич (uk) m (kermányč)
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