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English
Etymology
From sternwheel + -er.
Noun
sternwheeler (plural sternwheelers)
- (nautical) A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern
1998, Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost, Pan, published 2012, page 140:Williams's steamboat crossed paths with a boat that was at the start of its voyage upstream, a long, boxy sternwheeler with a funnel and pilothouse on its top deck.
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