Obs. rare. [f. steers- in STEERSMAN + MATE sb.] A steersman.
a. 1575. Gascoigne, Posies (1907), 356. Aloofe, aloofe, then cried the Maister out, The Stearesmate strives to sende us from the shore.
1671. Milton, Samson, 1045. What Pilot so expert but needs must wreck Embarq’d with such a Stearsmate at the Helm?
