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